Announcement
16 Aug 2017
August 16th, 2017 - The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China announced the details of the scrap/waste imports ban. The announcement lists banned imports, allowed imports and 'limited' imports. Several nonferrous metal waste products, including aluminium, copper and zinc, find themselves in the allowed and 'limited' categories.
Source
Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
01 Jan 2018
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 25 Dec 2018
China: Expanded scope of scrap/waste products subjected to import restrictions
Announced: 13 Apr 2018
China: 2018 Update to catalogue of types of industrial waste allowed for import
Announced: 16 Aug 2017
China: 2017 Adjustment to policy on industrial waste imports
Announced: 30 Dec 2014
China: 2014 Adjustment to policy on industrial waste imports
Announced: 31 Jan 2013
China: 2013 update to catalogue of permitted industrial waste imports
Announced: 03 Jul 2009
China: 2009 Adjustment to policy on industrial waste imports
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