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Announcement on Adjustment of Import Waste Management Catalogue Announcement No. 36 of 2009

Last updated: 28 October 2024

The Government of the People’s Republic of China through the General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Development and Reform Commission revised and supplemented the “Catalogue of Solid Wastes Prohibited from Import”. This included imported solid wastes that did not comply with the “Catalogue of Solid Wastes that Can Be Used as Raw Materials in the Restricted Import Category”. Battery scraps, such as black mass, were prohibited within this list. 

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