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MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 23 (2023)

Export licensing · Item 1

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

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What it covers

In the instrument's own words.

满足以下特性的物项，未经许可，不得出口：（一）镓相关物项：金属镓（单质）、氮化镓、氧化镓、磷化镓、砷化镓、铟镓砷、硒化镓、锑化镓；（二）锗相关物项：金属锗（单质）、区熔锗锭、磷锗锌、锗外延生长衬底、二氧化锗、四氯化锗。

Original-language wording, kept untranslated because it defines legal scope; the notes and the event summary give the English sense.

Record

Targeting
All jurisdictions
Materials
GalliumGermaniumTracked materials only
Items and stages
GoodsCovered items belong to: refining, processingWhere the items belong, not a claim that the clause restricts that stage.
Legal basis
《中华人民共和国出口管制法》《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》《中华人民共和国海关法》Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China

Status

Oldest first; the last entry is current. A stated end date is shown, never extended by inference.

  1. Scheduleduntil 1 Aug 2023

    Announced 3 July 2023.

    Ministry of Commerce (China)

  2. In forcecurrent

    本公告自2023年8月1日起正式实施。

    Ministry of Commerce (China)

Product codes (36)

As printed. A reference code is for convenience; the item description governs.

China customs commodity code · Reference only

811292901081129290908112999000285000190138180090013825690001282590900138180090023825690002285390403038180090033825690003285390902638180090043825690004285390902838180090053825690005284290902438180090063825690006285390902938180090073825690007811292101081129210908112991000285390404038180090083825690008282560000238180090093825690009282739900138180090103825690010

Notes

Every listed customs code is printed as a reference code (参考海关商品编号); the item descriptions govern. Items 2–7 set out the licensing procedure. The announcement names no destination, so it applies to exports to every jurisdiction.

Evidence

Which source supports which field, how directly, and where.

  1. MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 23 of 2023 (gallium and germanium)

    Ministry of Commerce (China)

    Fields supported
    Measure type · Direction · Clause · Targets · Materials · Product scope · Product codes · Legal basis · Status
    Evidence level
    Explicit
    Location in document
    Preamble; Items 1, 2 and 8
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  2. MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 23 of 2023 (gallium and germanium)

    Ministry of Commerce (China)

    Fields supported
    Item types and stages
    Evidence level
    Ambiguous
    Location in document
    Preamble; Items 1, 2 and 8
    Qualification
    Stages read from the item list: the metals and zone-refined germanium ingots sit at refining; the compounds, oxides, tetrachloride and epitaxial substrates at processing. The announcement names items, not stages.
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