Joint Announcement No.39, 2017 on Solid Wastes Import Control Catalogs

[2017-09-01 17:17:14]

In accordance with China laws/regulations on solid wastes control, the Chinese authorities hereunder have made revisions in current “Catalog of Import-Banned Solid Wastes”, “Catalog of Import-Restricted Solid Wastes as Raw Materials” and “Catalog of Non-Restricted Importable Solid Wastes as Raw Materials” as follows:

Totally 24 solid wastes under 4 categories, including waste plastics (8 kinds), unsorted waste paper (1 kind), waste textile materials (11 kinds) and vanadium slag (4 kinds), shall be transferred from the “Catalog of Import-Restricted Solid Wastes as Raw Materials” into the “Catalog of Import-Banned Solid Wastes”.

This Announcement shall enter into force on 31 December 2017, along with simultaneous repeal of the Announcements No. 80 of 2014 and No. 3 of 2017 jointly made by the authorities hereunder.

 

Ministry of Environmental Protection of China
Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM)
National Development and Reform Commission of China
General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine, China

August 10, 2017

 

Source: ETCN
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