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China Issues 2022 WMD Export Control List

Tue, 15 Feb 2022
Categories: China Legal Trends

On 31 Dec. 2021, China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs jointly issued the “Catalogue of Dual-Use Items and Technologies Subject to Import and Export License Administration” (两用物项和技术进出口许可证管理目录).

According to Chinese laws, China applies license management to the import and export of nuclear, missile, biological and related chemical items and technologies.

An import or export license for dual-use items and technologies shall be applied for, whether the dual-use items and technologies subject to the Catalogue are imported or exported in any ways or transported as article-in-transit or transshipment goods.

To check the Catalogue, please click HERE.

 

 

Cover Photo by Siyuan Hu on Unsplash

 

Contributors: CJO Staff Contributors Team

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