2025-04-07
In accordance with the Export Control Law of the People’s Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations, on April 4, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the General Administration of Customs, issued an announcement on the implementation of export control measures on seven types of medium and heavy rare earth related items, including samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium, and it was officially implemented on the date of issuance.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce said that the Chinese government implemented export controls on relevant items in accordance with the law this time in order to better safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation. The relevant items have dual-use attributes, and it is an international practice to impose export controls on them. As a responsible major country, China has listed the relevant items, which reflects its consistent position of firmly maintaining world peace and regional stability. China is willing to strengthen foreign exchanges and cooperation and promote compliant trade through the bilateral export control dialogue and exchange mechanism.
