Announcement
30 Dec 2014
In December 2014, the government of China announced an alteration to the catalogue of items affected by the country's policy on industrial waste imports.
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Number of interventions
4
2 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
2 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Jan 2015
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Last action: 30 Dec 2014
Import quota
In force
As well as the above additions to the 'restricted' items catalogue, eight products were also removed from this list.
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Last action: 30 Dec 2014
Import ban
In force
In addition to the above, one product was removed from the list of banned imports.
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Implementation date
01 Jan 2015
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Last action: 30 Dec 2014
Import quota
In force
The catalogue also includes a category for products which are allowed to be imported on a 'restricted' basis.
This iteration saw five items added to this list.
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Last action: 30 Dec 2014
Import ban
In force
On 30 December 2014, the Chinese government issued Announcement No. 80/2014, which updated the PRC's policy in regard to imports of industrial waste.
Three products were added to the list of banned i...
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