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By a circular issued on December 29, 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs made public the 2024 Catalogue of Dual-Use Items and Technologies Subject to Import and Export Licensing (hereinafter referred to as ‘2024 Catalogue’), which took effect on January 1, 2024. The 2023 version was repealed at the same time.
The items and technologies listed in this catalogue are regulated following the Measures of Dual-Use Items and Technologies Subject to Import and Export License Administration and other relevant laws and regulations. Compared with the 2023 version, there are no significant changes of chemicals subject to both import and export licensing, i.e., 54 entries in Precursor Chemicals I and those chemicals listed in the monitoring inventory under the Regulations on Administration of Chemicals Subject to Supervision and Control. They are all covered in the 2024 Catalogue.
In addition, chemicals concerning gallium, germanium and graphite are added to the 2024 Catalogue as special dual-use items subject to export licensing. Main entries in the 2024 Catalogue (consists of two parts) are summarized as the table below. Updates are marked in red.
I. Catalogue of dual-use items and technologies subject to import licensing | II. Catalogue of dual-use items and technologies subject to export licensing |
1) Chemicals listed in the monitoring inventory under the Regulations on Administration of Chemicals Subject to Supervision and Control -74 entries | 1) Items and technologies listed in Nuclear Export Control List -159 entries |
2) Precursor chemicals I - 54 entries | 2) Items and technologies listed in the Export Control List of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Items and Related Technologies - 196 entries, deleting 8 entries that were previously subject to temporary control |
3) Radioisotopes - 10 items, except for exempted radioisotopes and their compounds | 3) Items and technologies listed in the Export Control List of Biological-Related Dual-Use items and Related Technologies and Equipment - 144 entries |
4) Items and technologies included in the List of Commercial Cryptography under Import Licensing - 4 entries | 4) Chemicals listed in the monitoring inventory under the Regulations on Administration of Chemicals Subject to Supervision and Control - 74 entries |
/ | 5) Items and technologies listed in the Export Control List of Relevant Chemical Products and Affiliated Equipment and Technologies - 38 entries |
6) Items and technologies listed in the Export Control List of Missiles and Related Items and Technologies – 186 entries | |
7) Precursor chemicals I - 54 entries | |
8) Precursor chemicals II - 17 entries, restrictions imposed on exports to specific countries (e.g., Laos, Burma, Afghanistan) | |
9) Selected dual-use items and technologies - 13 entries, adding 7 new items regarding unmanned aerial vehicles | |
10) Special civilian items and technologies – 27 entries, adding 16 more entries regarding gallium, germanium and graphite | |
11) Items and technologies included in the List of Commercial Cryptography under Export Licensing – 11 entries | |
| 12) Unmanned aerial vehicles - 1 entry |
The 2024 Catalogue is available here.
