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

Primary source

Ministry of Commerce (China)

OfficialzhPublished 3 Jul 2023Accessed 10 Aug 2026

Primary MOFCOM/GACC announcement (No. 23 of 2023) implementing export controls on gallium- and germanium-related items; effective 1 August 2023 (本公告自2023年8月1日起正式实施). Inspected directly for the verbatim Chinese justification clause. Like the graphite announcement and unlike the rare-earth and tungsten measures, the text carries no non-proliferation clause.

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https://aqygzj.mofcom.gov.cn/qdml/art/2023/art_c2ae3d2061e14e97ba608de1ed565f78.html

3 directly citing records. This is a snapshot of the curated public corpus, not a live document monitor or proof that every sentence in the linked document supports every aspect of a record. Status and implementation observations are distinct from executed agreements, cash disbursements and verified physical milestones. Private research and pending editor reviews are excluded.

Policy events

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

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

    evt-cn-gage-2023

    • Cited policy event

Control clauses

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. export_licensing · Item 1

    ctl-cn-gage-2023-export-licensing

    • Control legal-status observation
    • Field evidence: clause
    • Field evidence: direction
    • Field evidence: item_scope
    • Field evidence: legal_basis
    • Field evidence: materials
    • Field evidence: measure_type
    • Field evidence: product_codes
    • Field evidence: product_scope
    • Field evidence: status
    • Field evidence: targets

Original-language framing

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. to safeguard national security and interests

    fc-cn-gage-natsec

    • Original framing quotation

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