Global Trade Alert
Global Trade Alert

China: Adjustment of catalogue for exportation of chemicals for use in drug production to specific countries

Announcement

23 Apr 2024

In April 2024, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced several amendments to the "Catalogue of Precursor Chemicals for Export to Specific Countries (Regions)". The catalogue specifies precursor chemicals subject to export license requirements when being exported to specific countries and regions. 

Source

Sign in to access

Number of interventions

3

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 May 2024

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Apr 2024
Export licensing requirement In force
On 23 April 2024, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced amendments to the "Catalogue of Precursor Chemicals for Export to Specific Countries (Regions)". The catalogue specifies precursor chemical...
Sign in to see more
Announced: 23 Apr 2024
Export licensing requirement In force
On 23 April 2024, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced amendments to the "Catalogue of Precursor Chemicals for Export to Specific Countries (Regions)". The catalogue specifies precursor chemical...
Sign in to see more

Implementation date

01 May 2024

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Apr 2024
Export licensing requirement In force
On 23 April 2024, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced amendments to the "Catalogue of Precursor Chemicals for Export to Specific Countries (Regions)". The catalogue specifies precursor chemical...
Sign in to see more

Threads

See all

Harmful Trade Policy Measures

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.

Published: 04 Sep 2024

70642

interventions

194

jurisdictions

Harmful Trade Policy Interventions: Medical Goods

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting HS codes for medical consumables, equipment, medicines, vaccines, as well as chemicals used in pharmaceutical production. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert since 2009. To identify relevant policy actions, the Global Trade Alert team focused on the identification of relevant HS codes following the pr...

Published: 09 Jan 2025

7346

interventions

152

jurisdictions

Export Restrictions: Medical Goods

This Thread tracks export restrictions affecting HS codes for medical consumables, equipment, medicines, vaccines, as well as chemicals used in pharmaceutical production. It covers policy actions monitored by Global Trade Alert since 2009. To identify relevant policy actions, the Global Trade Alert team focused on the identification of relevant intervention types and HS codes. For intervention ty...

Published: 09 Jan 2025

657

interventions

98

jurisdictions

BRICS: Harmful Trade Policy Interventions

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by BRICS members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

Published: 13 Jan 2025

23412

interventions

81

jurisdictions

G20: Harmful Trade Policy Interventions

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by G20 members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

Published: 15 Jan 2025

53972

interventions

121

jurisdictions

Import and Export Restrictions: Critical Minerals

This Thread tracks global import and export restrictions affecting critical minerals. It covers policy interventions affecting these measures since 2009. Relevant interventions are identified based on intervention type and specific HS codes. Note that the GTA focuses on a compilation list of all the critical minerals mentioned in different national lists to identify relevant HS codes.

Published: 31 Jan 2025

1442

interventions

124

jurisdictions

China’s Export Controls on Critical Raw Materials, Including Rare Earths

This Thread tracks Chinese export controls affecting critical raw materials, including rare earths, since 2023. It provides an inventory of both restrictive and liberalising actions still in force. Measures cover export bans, quotas, licenses, taxes, and other non-tariff measures, alongside subsequent relaxations such as license approvals and removals from control lists.

Published: 08 Oct 2025

57

interventions

1

jurisdictions

Liberalising Trade Policy Measures

This Thread tracks liberalising trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.

Published: 04 Sep 2024

14451

interventions

186

jurisdictions