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Is it illegal to buy and sell mercury privately?
It is illegal to buy and sell mercury in private.

Mercury is a dangerous chemical, and its trading requires special information and procedures:

1, qualification certificate. Buyers who buy mercury need to provide relevant qualification certificates, such as business license and hazardous chemicals business license, to prove that they can legally operate and use mercury.

2. Transaction contract: The buyer and the seller need to sign a formal sales contract, specifying the rights and obligations of both parties, transaction price, delivery method, delivery period and other specific matters.

3. Transportation procedures: Mercury is a dangerous chemical, and its transportation needs to comply with relevant laws, regulations and policies, and relevant transportation procedures and certificates, such as dangerous goods transportation certificates and packaging signs, are required.

4. Quality inspection: When purchasing mercury, the buyer needs to conduct quality inspection and acceptance of the goods to ensure that the quality of the goods meets the requirements, and sign an inspection certificate if necessary.

5. Pay taxes. Buying and selling mercury requires payment of value-added tax, consumption tax and other related taxes, and relevant tax certificates are required. To sum up, buying and selling mercury is illegal and may cause serious harm to human health and the environment. Please be sure to abide by local laws and regulations to ensure that the behavior is legal.

Legal basis:

Article 225 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.