China

• 2026-07-10 · ban

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 29 of 2026: temporary export prohibition on helium

  Imposes a temporary export prohibition on helium (customs code 2804290010) under the Foreign Trade Law, effective on publication. The announcement states that any later adjustment will be announced separately and sets no end date.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2026-01-06 · export control

  MOFCOM Announcement No. 1 of 2026: strengthened dual-use export controls toward Japan

  Prohibits exports of all dual-use items to Japanese military users, for military purposes, or to any end user or end use that would enhance Japan's military capabilities, effective on publication. The announcement covers all listed dual-use items rather than naming specific minerals.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

• 2025-11-09 · export control

  MOFCOM Announcement No. 72 of 2025: suspension of US-specific gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard-material export restriction

  Suspends paragraph 2 of MOFCOM Announcement No. 46 of 2024, which had provided that dual-use gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard-material exports to the United States would in principle not be licensed and that graphite exports to the US would face stricter end-user review. The suspension runs from 2025-11-09 until 2026-11-27; the rest of Announcement No. 46 remains.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

• 2025-11-08 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 55 of 2025: export controls on superhard materials

  Extends export licensing to synthetic diamond micropowder and single crystals in specified size ranges, certain diamond wire saws and grinding wheels, DC plasma CVD equipment and related process technology. It was suspended before its effective date by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2025-11-08 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 56 of 2025: export controls on rare-earth equipment and raw/auxiliary materials

  Adds rare-earth production equipment (control code 2B902, e.g. extraction, roasting, furnace and electrolysis equipment) and rare-earth raw and auxiliary materials (1C914, including bastnaesite, monazite and ion-adsorption ores and extractants such as P507 and P204) to export licensing. It was suspended before its effective date by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2025-11-08 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 57 of 2025: export controls on holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium items

  Extends export licensing to five further medium/heavy rare earths (holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium) covering metals, alloys, targets, magnets, functional materials, oxides and compounds (codes 1C909-1C913). It was suspended before its effective date by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2025-11-08 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 58 of 2025: export controls on lithium batteries, cathode materials and artificial graphite anode materials

  Adds high energy-density lithium-ion cells (300 Wh/kg and above) and battery manufacturing equipment, certain LFP cathode materials and NCM/NCA precursors, and artificial graphite and blended anode materials with related equipment and technology to export licensing. It was suspended before its effective date by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2025-11-07 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 70 of 2025: suspension of October 2025 rare-earth, battery and superhard-material controls

  Suspends implementation of MOFCOM/GACC Announcements Nos. 55-58 of 2025 and MOFCOM Announcements Nos. 61-62 of 2025 from the date of issue until 2026-11-10. The suspended measures covered superhard materials, rare-earth equipment, materials and technologies, five medium/heavy rare earths, battery and graphite anode items, and extraterritorial rare-earth controls.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2025-10-09 · export control

  MOFCOM Announcement No. 61 of 2025: extraterritorial export controls on rare-earth items

  Requires foreign parties to obtain a Chinese dual-use export licence to export overseas-made items containing listed Chinese-origin rare-earth items at 0.1% or more of value, or items made with Chinese rare-earth mining, separation, smelting, magnet or recycling technologies, and to re-export Chinese-origin listed items. The re-export part applied on publication and the de minimis/technology parts were set for 2025-12-01; the whole announcement was suspended by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

• 2025-10-09 · export control

  MOFCOM Announcement No. 62 of 2025: export controls on rare-earth technologies

  Places technologies for rare-earth mining, smelting/separation, metal smelting, magnet manufacturing (SmCo, NdFeB, cerium magnets) and secondary resource recycling, plus production-line assembly, maintenance and upgrading know-how (code 1E902), under export licensing. It took effect on publication and was suspended by Announcement No. 70 of 2025 from 2025-11-07 until 2026-11-10.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

• 2025-07-15 · export control

  MOFCOM/MOST Announcement No. 28 of 2025: technology export catalogue adjustment (battery cathode, lithium processing, gallium extraction)

  Adjusts the 2023 Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export by adding battery cathode material (LFP, LMFP and phosphate precursor) preparation technologies to the restricted list. It also adds spodumene-to-lithium carbonate/hydroxide, lithium metal, brine lithium extraction and lithium solution purification technologies, and redefines the gallium extraction item for recovery from alumina liquor.

  Source: MOFCOM and Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC

• 2025-04-04 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 18 of 2025 on export controls for certain medium and heavy rare-earth items

  Adds export-licence requirements for items related to seven rare-earth elements: samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium (including metals, alloys, oxides and compounds). The dual-use export control list was updated accordingly.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs, PRC

• 2025-02-04 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 of 2025: export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium items

  Adds specified items to the dual-use export control list, including ammonium paratungstate, tungsten oxides and certain tungsten alloys; tellurium metal and cadmium-telluride-type crystals; bismuth metal and certain compounds; fine molybdenum powder; indium phosphide and organo-indium compounds, plus related production technologies. Exporters must obtain MOFCOM licences.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2024-12-03 · ban

  MOFCOM Announcement No. 46 of 2024 strengthening export controls on dual-use items to the United States

  Prohibits dual-use exports to US military end users or uses, and states that licences for gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard-material items destined for the United States will in principle not be granted. Graphite dual-use exports to the US are subject to stricter end-user and end-use review.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), PRC

• 2024-12-01 · export control

  Regulations on Export Control of Dual-use Items (State Council Decree No. 792)

  State Council regulations implementing the Export Control Law for dual-use goods, technologies and services, including those listed for strategic minerals. They set single and general licence types, a unified dual-use control list maintained by MOFCOM, end-user/end-use management and provisions covering re-exports of Chinese-origin items by foreign parties.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

• 2024-10-01 · export control

  Rare Earth Management Regulations (State Council Decree No. 785)

  Regulations declaring rare-earth resources state-owned and limiting mining and smelting/separation to enterprises designated by the industry ministry, under total-quantity controls. They establish a product traceability system and require rare-earth imports and exports to comply with foreign trade and export control laws.

  Source: State Council of the PRC (www.gov.cn)

• 2024-09-15 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 33 of 2024: export controls on antimony and superhard materials

  Places antimony ores, antimony metal and products, high-purity antimony oxides, certain organic antimony compounds, antimony hydrides, indium antimonide and gold-antimony smelting/separation technology under export licensing. Also controls superhard-material equipment such as large cubic presses and MPCVD equipment, diamond window materials and related technology.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs (GACC) of the PRC

• 2023-12-21 · ban

  Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export, 2023 revision (rare-earth processing and magnet technologies prohibited)

  MOFCOM and MOST issued a revised catalogue (Announcement No. 57 of 2023) reducing it to 134 items. Its prohibited part lists rare-earth extraction/separation processes, production of rare-earth metals and alloys, and preparation of samarium-cobalt, NdFeB and cerium magnets; its restricted part covers rare-earth mining, beneficiation and smelting technologies and extractant synthesis.

  Source: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and MOFCOM of the PRC

• 2023-12-01 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 39 of 2023 adjusting temporary export controls on graphite items

  Natural flake graphite and its products (including spherical and expandable graphite) and high-purity, high-strength, high-density synthetic graphite may not be exported without a licence. Other graphite items listed in a 2006 notice were released from temporary controls.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs, PRC

• 2023-08-01 · export control

  MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 23 of 2023 on export controls for gallium- and germanium-related items

  Exports of listed gallium items (e.g. metal, nitride, oxide, arsenide) and germanium items (e.g. metal, zone-refined ingots, dioxide, tetrachloride) require a dual-use export licence from the Ministry of Commerce. Applicants must submit contracts, technical descriptions and end-user/end-use certificates.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and General Administration of Customs, PRC

• 2020-12-01 · export control

  Export Control Law of the PRC

  China's first dedicated export control statute, adopted by the NPC Standing Committee, sets the legal basis for control lists, licensing, temporary controls of up to two years, end-user/end-use review and a controlled-party list. It also covers re-export, transit and transshipment and underpins later mineral-related export control announcements.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM)

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• Anning phosphate mine (Yunnan Tianning Mining)Mine · In production · YunnanPhosphate rock
• Anyang Minshan lead smelter (Yubei)Smelter · In production · HenanLead
• Bayan Obo mineMine · In production · Inner MongoliaRare earths, Niobium, Iron ore, Fluorspar, Thorium
• Century Sunshine Baishan magnesium plantSmelter · In production · JilinMagnesium metal
• Chalco Zunyi alumina refinery and gallium plantRefinery · In production · GuizhouAlumina, Gallium
• Chaoyang Jinda titanium sponge plantProcessing plant · In production · LiaoningTitanium sponge
• Chifeng Yunnan Copper smelter (bismuth)Smelter · In production · Inner MongoliaCopper, Bismuth
• Chihong zinc and germanium smelter (Qujing)Smelter · In production · YunnanZinc, Germanium, Lead, Bismuth
• China Northern Rare Earth separation and smelting plants (Baotou)Processing plant · In production · Inner MongoliaRare earths
• Chongqing Chonglong strontium plantProcessing plant · In production · ChongqingStrontium (celestite)
• Chongqing Red Butterfly strontium plantProcessing plant · In production · ChongqingStrontium (celestite)
• Dashiqiao boron mine (Maolong Boron)Mine · In production · LiaoningBoron
• Daxin manganese mine (South Manganese Group)Mine · In production · GuangxiManganese
• Dexing copper mineMine · In production · JiangxiCopper, Molybdenum, Gold
• Duobaoshan copper mineMine · In production · HeilongjiangCopper, Molybdenum
• East and West Taijinar salt lakes lithium operationsBrine operation · In production · QinghaiLithium
• East Hope Jinzhong alumina refinery and gallium plantRefinery · In production · ShanxiAlumina, Gallium
• East Hope Sanmenxia alumina and Mianchi gallium plantRefinery · In production · HenanAlumina, Gallium
• Fugu Jinwantong magnesium plantSmelter · In production · ShaanxiMagnesium metal
• Fuyun Hengsheng beryllium plantProcessing plant · In production · XinjiangBeryllium
• Fuzhou uranium operations (CNNC Jin'an Uranium)Mine · In production · JiangxiUranium
• Gabus Niobium-Tantalum-Lithium Mine (Mengjin Mining)Mine · In production · Inner MongoliaLithium, Niobium, Tantalum
• Gejiu tin district (Yunnan Tin)Mine · In production · YunnanTin, Copper
• Guangxi Debang indium plantProcessing plant · In production · GuangxiIndium
• Guixi copper smelterSmelter · In production · JiangxiCopper, Selenium, Tellurium, Rhenium
• Haicheng magnesite mines (Liaoning Magnesite Mining)Mine · In production · LiaoningMagnesite
• Hainan Wensheng zircon-titanium sand operationsMine · In production · HainanZirconium (zircon), Titanium (ilmenite)
• Henan Jinli Gold & Lead smelterSmelter · In production · HenanLead, Silver, Gold
• Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead smelterSmelter · In production · HenanLead, Silver, Gold, Indium
• Huayou Cobalt refinery (Tongxiang)Refinery · In production · ZhejiangCobalt, Nickel
• Huayu Jishan magnesium plantSmelter · In production · ShanxiMagnesium metal
• Huize lead-zinc-germanium mine (Chihong)Mine · In production · YunnanZinc, Lead, Germanium
• Huludao zinc smelterSmelter · In production · LiaoningZinc, Indium
• Hunan Bismuth Industry plantRefinery · In production · HunanBismuth
• Hunan Jinrun tellurium plantRefinery · In production · HunanTellurium
• Hunan Jinwang bismuth plantRefinery · In production · HunanBismuth
• Jiajika spodumene lithium district (Kangding)Mine · In production · SichuanLithium
• Jiama copper-polymetallic mineMine · In production · TibetCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
• Jiangxi Dangping tungsten mineMine · In production · JiangxiTungsten
• Jinchuan nickel-copper-cobalt minesMine · In production · GansuNickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
• Jinchuan nickel, cobalt and copper refineryRefinery · In production · GansuNickel, Cobalt, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Selenium
• Jinchuan titanium sponge plantProcessing plant · In production · GansuTitanium sponge
• Jinduicheng molybdenum mineMine · In production · ShaanxiMolybdenum, Rhenium
• Jixi (Liumao) graphite districtMine · In production · HeilongjiangGraphite (natural)
• Kailin phosphate mines (Guiyang)Mine · In production · GuizhouPhosphate rock
• Laibin smelter (Huaxi)Smelter · In production · GuangxiZinc, Indium
• Lakkor Tso Salt Lake Lithium ProjectBrine operation · In production · TibetLithium
• Lincang germanium mine and refineryMine · In production · YunnanGermanium
• Longbai Lufeng titanium sponge plantProcessing plant · In production · YunnanTitanium sponge
• Longnan ion-adsorption clay rare earth districtMine · In production · JiangxiRare earths
• Longyan and Changting rare earth operationsMine · In production · FujianRare earths
• Lop Nur potash operationBrine operation · In production · XinjiangPotash
• Luanchuan molybdenum-tungsten operations (CMOC)Mine · In production · HenanMolybdenum, Tungsten, Rhenium
• Luobei graphite districtMine · In production · HeilongjiangGraphite (natural)
• Luoyang Sunrui Wanji titanium sponge plantProcessing plant · In production · HenanTitanium sponge
• Mami Tso Salt Lake Lithium ProjectBrine operation · Construction · TibetLithium
• Maoniuping rare earth depositMine · In production · SichuanRare earths, Fluorspar
• Nanjing Germanium indium and germanium plantProcessing plant · In production · JiangsuIndium, Germanium
• Nanjing Yunhai Special Metal magnesium operationsSmelter · In production · JiangsuMagnesium metal, Strontium (celestite)
• Ningxia Orient beryllium plant (Northwest Rare Metal Institute)Processing plant · In production · NingxiaBeryllium
• Pangang titanium sponge plantProcessing plant · In production · SichuanTitanium sponge
• Panzhihua vanadium-titanium magnetite operationsMine · In production · SichuanVanadium, Titanium (ilmenite), Iron ore
• Pingguo alumina refinery and gallium plantRefinery · In production · GuangxiAlumina, Gallium, Bauxite
• Pingyuan rare earth mining and separation (Meizhou)Mine · In production · GuangdongRare earths
• Pulang copper mineMine · In production · YunnanCopper, Molybdenum, Gold
• Qarhan Salt Lake lithium operationsBrine operation · In production · QinghaiLithium, Potash
• Qinghai Zhongtian Boron-Lithium operations (Da Qaidam)Brine operation · In production · QinghaiBoron, Lithium
• Qulong copper mine (Julong Copper)Mine · In production · TibetCopper, Molybdenum
• Shandong Aluminium alumina refinery and gallium plant (Zibo)Refinery · In production · ShandongAlumina, Gallium
• Shanxi Wenxi Regal magnesium plantSmelter · In production · ShanxiMagnesium metal
• Shanxi Zhaofeng alumina refinery and gallium plantRefinery · In production · ShanxiAlumina, Gallium
• Shaoguan lead-zinc smelter (Zhongjin Lingnan)Smelter · In production · GuangdongZinc, Lead, Germanium, Indium
• Shizhuyuan polymetallic mineMine · In production · HunanTungsten, Molybdenum, Tin, Fluorspar, Bismuth
• Shuikoushan beryllium plantProcessing plant · In production · HunanBeryllium
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• Songtao manganese mines (Guizhou Wuling Manganese)Mine · In production · GuizhouManganese
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• Tongling copper smelters (Jinguan / Tongguang)Smelter · In production · AnhuiCopper
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• Xikuangshan antimony mine and smelterMine · In production · HunanAntimony
• Xilingol Tongli germanium plantProcessing plant · In production · Inner MongoliaGermanium
• Xingluokeng tungsten mineMine · In production · FujianTungsten
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