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国家出口管制工作协调机制办公室部署开展打击战略矿产走私出口专项行动 (National Export Control Coordination Mechanism Office deploys special campaign against strategic-mineral smuggling)

Primary source

中华人民共和国商务部 (Ministry of Commerce, PRC)

OfficialzhPublished 9 May 2025Accessed 22 Sep 2026

MOFCOM's own notice of a special enforcement campaign against smuggling and illegal export of strategic minerals, held as an on-site meeting in Shenzhen. Names gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten and medium/heavy rare earths explicitly; names false declaration/concealment, concealed smuggling and third-country transshipment as the targeted evasion methods; and states that strengthening export controls on strategic mineral resources relates to national security and development interests.

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http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zwgk/jgdt/art/2025/art_2f8636687d014b2c84384628b01ab410.html

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Policy events

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  1. National Export Control Coordination Mechanism Office deploys special campaign against smuggling and illegal export of strategic minerals

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Control clauses

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  1. customs_enforcement

    ctl-cn-antismuggling-2025-strategic-minerals

    • Control legal-status observation
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    • Field evidence: product_scope
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Original-language framing

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  1. Strengthening export controls on strategic mineral resources relates to national security and development interests.

    fc-cn-antismuggling-natsec

    • Original framing quotation

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