G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
4 February 2019  
(19-0620) Page: 1/16 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO THE DECISION ON  NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
CHINA 
The following communication , dated 31 January 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of China . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  China  
B. Date of notification:  29 January 2019  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made  in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/CHN/ 4 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (doc symbol) which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictio ns, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions , as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction , as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in fo rce as of 30 September 
2018 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature , including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 N/A 
 
                                                
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex0506,  ex0507,  
ex1302,  ex2903  Certain toxic 
substances  and wild 
animal products  Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 Former Ministry of 
Foreign Trade and 
Economic Cooperation 
(MOFTEC) 
Announcement 2001 
No.19  MOFTEC  
2 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex7311,  ex7321,  
ex7613,  ex8402,  
ex8403,  ex8404,  
ex8416,  ex8417,  
ex8519,  ex8521,  
ex9018,  ex9022,  
ex9504,  ex8407,  
84078408,  87 Certain old/second 
hand mechanical and 
electrical equipment  Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFTEC, GACC and 
AQSIQ Joint 
Announcement 2001 
No.37  
 MOFTEC, General 
Administration of 
Customs of China 
(GACC), General 
Administration of 
Quality Supervision, 
Inspection and 
Quarantine (AQSIQ)  
3 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex2524,  ex2903,  
ex2908,  ex2910,  
ex2915,  ex2918,  
ex2919,  ex2921,  
ex2924,  ex2925,  
ex2932  Certain hazardous 
chemicals, pesticides 
and persistent 
organic pollutants  Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the 
Rotterdam Convention, 
the Stockholm 
Convention  Ministry of Commer ce 
(MOFCOM), GACC and 
former State 
Environmental 
Protection 
Administration (SEPA) 
Joint Announcement 
2005 No.116  MOFCOM, GACC, 
Ministry of 
Environmental 
Protection (MEP)  
4 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex0501, ex0502, 
ex0505, ex0506, 
ex0507, ex0511, 
ex1522, ex1703,  
ex2517, ex2525,  Certain solid wastes 
(also including other 
solid waste of which 
tariff lines 
unspecified).  Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  
 Ministry  of 
Environmental 
Protection (MEP), 
MOFCOM, National 
Development and MEP, National 
Development and 
Reform Commission 
(NDRC), GACC, AQSIQ   
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- 3 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
ex2530, ex2618, 
ex2619, ex2620, 
ex2621, ex2710, 
ex2713, ex2804,  
ex3006, ex3804, 
ex3825, ex4004, 
ex4017, ex4115, 
ex4707, ex6309, 
ex6310, ex7001, 
ex7112, ex7401, 
ex7802, ex8102, 
ex8105, ex8107, 
ex8110, ex8111, 
ex8112, ex8548, 
ex2520, ex2524, 
ex6806, ex8415, 
ex8418, ex8450, 
ex8469 to ex8473  
ex8508 to ex8510  
ex8516, ex8517, 
ex8518, ex8539, 
ex9504, 
ex8519 to 
ex8531,   
ex8532 to 
ex8534,  
ex8540 to 
ex8542,  
ex9018 to 
ex9022,  Reform Commission  
(NDRC), GACC and 
AQSIQ Joint 
Announcement 20 17 
No.39 
  
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- 4 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
ex84, ex85, ex90, 
and other solid 
waste unspecified  
ex3915, ex5103, 
ex5104,  ex5202, 
ex5505  
5 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex2618, ex2619,  
ex3915, ex7204,  
ex7404, ex7602,  
ex8908  Certain solid wastes  Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  MEE, MOFCOM, NDRCC 
and GACC joint 
Announcement, No. 6, 
2018 Ministry of Ecology and 
Environment 
(MEE)MOFCOMNDRCG
ACC, Effective from 31 
Dec. 2018  
6 Importation Prohibition  
 P ex4401, ex4501,  
ex7204, ex8101,  
ex8106, ex8108,  
ex8109, ex8112,  
ex8113  Certain solid wastes  Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  MEE, MOFCOM, NDRCC 
and GACC joint 
Announcement, No. 6, 
2018 MEE, MOFCOM, NDRC, 
GACC, Effective from 
31 Dec. 2019  
7 Importation Prohibition  
 P 29225020  Ractopamine   Article  XX of GATT   MOFCOM and GACC 
Joint Announcement 
2009 No.110  
 MOFCOM , GACC  
8 Importation Prohibition  
  
 P ex8539  Certain type of 
filament lamp  
 Article XX of GATT  
 NDRC, MOFCOM, 
GACC, State 
Administration for 
Industry and 
Commerce (SAIC) and 
AQSIQ Joint 
Announcement 2011 
No.28  NDRC, MOFCOM, 
GACC, SAIC, AQSIQ   
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- 5 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
9 Importation Prohibition  
 P 4402 Charcoal  imported 
from S omalia  Article XXI of GATT, 
United Nations 
S/RES/2036 (2012)  
 MOFCOM 
Announcement 2012 
No.27  
 MOFCOM  
10 Exportation  Prohibition  
 P-X ex0506, ex0507, 
ex0510, ex1211, 
ex1212, ex2903, 
ex4403, ex7110 Certain toxic 
substances  and wild 
animal products  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 former Ministry of 
Foreign Trade and 
Economic Cooperation 
(MOFTEC) 
Announcement 2001 
No.19  MOFCOM  
11 Exportation  Prohibition  
 P-X ex4402  Charcoal  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 Ministry of Commerce 
(MOFCOM), General 
Administration of 
Customs (GACC), and 
State Forestry 
Administra tion (SFA) 
Joint Announcement 
2004, No. 40  MOFCOM, GACC, State 
Forestry Administration 
(SFA)  
12 Exportation  Prohibition  
 P-X ex2524, ex2903, 
ex2908, ex2910, 
ex2915, ex2918, 
ex2919, ex2921, 
ex2924, ex2925, 
ex2932 Certain h azardous 
chemicals , pesticides  
and persistent 
organic pollutants  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the 
Rotterdam Convention, 
the Stockholm 
Convention  
 Ministry of Commerce 
(MOFCOM), GACC and 
former State 
Environmental 
Protection 
Administration (SEPA) 
Joint Announcement 
2005 No.116  MOFCOM, GACC, MEP  
13 Exportation  Prohibition  
 P-X ex2505  Natural sand  (except 
metallic sand)  Article XX of  
GATT 1994 MOFCOM, GACC Joint 
Announcement 2006, 
No.87  
 MOFCOM, GACC   
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- 6 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
14 Exportation  Prohibition   
 P-X ex3101,  ex2703  Certain forest litter 
and turf  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM, GACC Joint 
Announcement 2008, 
No. 96  MOFCOM, GACC  
15 Exportation  Prohibition  
 P-X 29225020  Ractopamine  
 Article XX of  
GATT 
 MOFCOM and GACC 
Joint Announcement 
2009 No.110  MOFCOM, GACC  
16 Export quota 
administration  
 
 GQC, (HKG, 
MAC);  ex0102, ex0103, 
ex0105  Live cattle (HKG, 
MAC), Live swine 
(HKG, MAC), L ive 
chicken (HKG, MAC)  Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 Ministry of Commerce 
(MOFCOM) and 
General Administration 
of Customs (GACC) 
Joint Announcement 
2017, No. 88  MOFCOM, GACC  
17 Export quota 
administration  
 
 
 GQ-X ex1001, ex1101, 
ex1103, ex1102, 
ex1104,  ex1211,  
ex1302,  ex2938, 
ex1401,  ex4601,  
ex9404,  ex2519, 
ex3824,  ex2526, 
ex2825,  ex2609,  
ex8001,  ex8002,  
ex8003,  ex8007,  
ex4406,  ex4407,  
ex2613,  ex2841,  
ex8112,  ex2510  Wheat, wheat 
powder, maize 
powder, rice powd er, 
liquorice and its 
products,  
mat rush and its 
products,  
saw timber,  
phosphorus ore  Article XI, XX of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM and GACC 
Joint Announcement 
2017, No. 88  
 MOFCOM, NDRC, GACC   
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- 7 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(201 7) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification;  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
18 Export quota and state 
trading administration  
 GQ-X,  
STR-X ex1005,  ex1006,  
ex2617,  ex2825,  
ex8110,  ex2701,  
ex2702,  ex2709,  
ex2710,  ex2711,  
ex5201,  ex5203,  
ex7106  Maize, rice,  
coal, 
crude oil, processed 
oil (except lubricant, 
base oil, lubricating 
grease, cotton, silver  
 Article XI, XVII, XX of 
GATT 1994, Annex 2A2 
of China's Accession 
Protocol  
 MOFCOM and GACC 
Joint Announcement 
2017, No. 88  
 MOFCOM, NDRC, GACC  
  
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 8 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in  the Agreement on Agriculture, 
Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing  Procedures, etc.) contains information on a 
quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with  information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
3.  Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No    
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
  
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 9 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/3/CHN/15  
       2017 and 2018 
Replies to 
Questionnaire 
on Import 
Licensing 
Procedures are 
to be submitted.  
1 Import Licensing  
 NAL ex2903,  ex3824  Ozone -depleting 
substances  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, Montreal 
Protocol on Substances 
that Deplete the Ozone 
Layer  MOFCOM, GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017, No. 89  
 MOFCOM, 
MEPGCA, AQSIQ  
2 Import Licensing  
 NAL ex8419,  ex8454,  
ex8425,  ex8426,  
ex8427,  ex8428,  
ex8439,  ex8501,  
ex8502,  ex8515,  
ex8419,  ex8421,  
ex8422,  ex8434,  
ex8438,  ex8433,  
ex8443,  ex8446,  
ex8447,  ex8451,  
ex8453,  ex8901,  
ex8903  
 Certain old/second 
hand mechanical and 
electrical equipment  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM, GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017, No.89  
 MOFCOM, 
GACC, AQSIQ   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 10 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
3 Import Licensing 
administration  
 NAL Ex4707  Certain solid wastes  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  Ministry of 
Environmental 
Protection 
(MEP), 
MOFCOM, 
National 
Development 
and Reform 
Commission 
(NDRC), GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017 No.39  
Ministry of 
Ecology and 
Environment 
(MEE), 
MOFCOM, 
NDRC, GACC  
Joint 
Announcement 
2018 No.6  MEP (MEE), 
MOFCOM, 
NDRC, GACC, 
AQSIQ  
 
4 Import Licensing 
administration  
 NAL ex2618, ex2619, 
ex3915, ex7204, 
ex7602, ex7404, 
ex8908  Certain solid wastes  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  
 Ministry of 
Environmental 
Protection 
(MEP), MEP (MEE), 
MOFCOM NDRCG
ACC, AQSIQ   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 11 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
MOFCOM, 
National 
Development 
and Reform 
Commission 
(NDRC), GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017 No.39  
Ministry of 
Ecology and 
Environment 
(MEE), 
MOFCOM, 
NDRC, GACC 
Joint 
Announcement 
2018 No.6  The import of 
these solid 
wastes will be 
prohibited from 
31 Dec. 2018.  
5 Import Licensing 
administration  
 NAL ex7204, ex8101,  
ex8106, ex8108,  
ex8109, ex8112,  
ex8113  Certain solid wastes  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the Basel 
Convention  Ministry of 
Environmental 
Protection 
(MEP), 
MOFCOM, 
National 
Development 
and Reform MEP (MEE), 
MOFCOM NDRCG
ACC, AQSIQ  
The import of 
these solid 
wastes will be 
prohibited from 
31 Dec. 2019.   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 12 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
Commission 
(NDRC), GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017 No.39  
Ministry of 
Ecology and 
Environment 
(MEE), 
MOFCOM, 
NDRC, GACC 
Joint 
Announcement 
2018 No.6  
6 Import Licensing 
administration  
 NAL Various  
For details please refer 
to the Announcement 
as hereinafter provided 
in column No. 6  Dual-use substances 
and technologies  Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
Article XXI of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM, GACC 
Joint 
Announcement2
017, No. 93  MOFCOM, GACC  
7 Export Licensing 
administration  
 NAL-X Various  
For details please refer 
to the Announcement 
as hereinafter provided 
in column No. 6  Dual-use substances 
and technologies  Article XX of GATT 1994  
GATT 1994 
Article XXI of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM, GACC 
Joint 
Announcement2
017, No. 93  MOFCOM, GACC   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 13 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
8 licensing and 
state trading 
administration  
  NAL-X, 
STR-X ex2611, ex2620,  
ex2841, ex2825, 
ex2849, ex8101, 
ex8110  Tungsten and its 
products, antimony and 
its products  Article XI, XVII, XX of 
GATT 1994, Annex 2A2 of 
China's Accession Protocol  
 MOFCOM and 
GACC Joint 
Announcement 
2017, No. 88  MOFCOM, 
NDRC, GACC  
9 Export Licensing  
 NAL-X ex0102,  ex0103,  
ex0105,  ex0201,  
ex0206,  ex0202,  
ex0203,  ex0207,  
ex2712,  ex7110,  
ex8109,  ex2825,  
ex8103,  ex8112,  
ex8106,  ex3824,  
ex3206,  ex8108,  
ex8105,  ex2827,  
ex2917,  ex2836,  
ex2822,  ex2833,  
ex7501,  ex7502,  
ex7503,  ex8111,  
ex7112,  ex7111,  
ex7115,  ex2843,  
ex7202,  ex8102,  
ex8407,  ex8711,  
ex8714,  ex8701,  
ex8702,  ex8703,  
ex8704,  ex8706,  
ex2505,  ex2918,  
ex2941,  ex2936,  Live cattle (except HKG 
and MAC), live swine 
(except HKG and MAC), 
live chicken (except 
HKG and MAC), chilled 
and fresh beef, frozen 
beef, chilled and fresh 
pork, frozen pork, 
frozen chicken, chilled 
and fresh chicken, 
magnesium sand, talc, 
tin and its products, 
indium and its products, 
paraffin, platinum, 
molybdenum and 
molybdenum products, 
motorcycle, motorcycle 
engine and frame, 
automobile (incld. CKD) 
and chassis, natural 
sand,citric acid, other 
penicillins and their 
derivatives with a Article XX of  
GATT 1994  
 MOFCOM and 
GACC Joint 
Announcement 
2017, No. 88  
 MOFCOM, GACC   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 14 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
ex2704,  ex2849,  
ex2508,  ex2606,  
ex2529, 27101991,  
27101992,  
27101993,  
ex 2530, ex2612, 
ex2805,  ex2846, 
ex7202, ex8102  penicillanic acid 
structure and salts 
thereof, Vitamin C, 
Disodium sulphate, 
coke, carbonrundum,  
bauxite, fluorite, 
processed oil (lubricant, 
base oil, lubricating 
grease), rare earth  
10 Export Licensing  
 NAL-X ex2903,  ex3824  Ozone -depleting 
substances  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, Montreal 
Protocol on Substances 
that Deplete the Ozone 
Layer  
 Administrative 
regulations on 
ozone -depleting 
substances  
(State Council 
Decree, No. 
573) 
MOFCOM, GACC 
and AQSIQ 
Joint 
Announcement 
2017, No.89  MEE, MOFCOM, 
GACC  
11 Import Licensing  
 NAL ex2903,  ex3824  Ozone -depleting 
substances  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, Montreal 
Protocol on Substances 
that Deplete the Ozone 
Layer   
Administrative 
Regulations on 
Ozone -depleting 
Substances  MEE, MOFCOM, 
GACC   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 15 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
(State Council 
Decree, No. 
573) 
12 Import and 
Export Licensing 
Administration  
 NAL, 
NAL-X ex2903, ex2904,  
ex2805, ex2931, 
ex3824,  
ex3404  Certain toxic chemicals  
 Article XX of  
GATT 1994, the 
Rotterdam Convention, 
the Stockholm Convention  
 MEP, GACC  
Announcement 
on the 
Catalogue for 
Toxic Chemicals 
Strictly 
Restricted fr om 
Import and 
Export in China 
(2018)  
(Announcement 
No.74, 2017)  
Announcement 
on Listing HBCD 
to the 
Catalogue for 
Toxic Chemicals 
Strictly 
Restricted from 
Import and 
Export in China 
2018 
(Announcement 
No. 74, 2017 ） MEP, MOFCOM, 
GACC   
  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  
 
- 16 - Document symbol 
of notification  
 General 
description  
 Type 
of 
restr.  Tariff line code(s) 
affected , based on 
HS(2017 ) 
 Detailed Product 
Description  
 WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction , e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and 
entry into 
force  
 Administration
; modification 
of prev. 
notified 
measures; and 
other 
comments  
 
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13 Import and 
Export Licensing 
Administration  
 NAL, 
NAL-X Various. For details 
please refer to 
document mentioned in 
column No. 6 or 
http://www.customs.go
v.cn/customs/302249/3
02266/302267/738964/
index.html  Wild fauna and flora  CITES  
 Catalogue of 
Import and 
Export of 
Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora 
(No. 6, 2017)  
 Administration 
Office of Import 
and Export of 
Endangered 
Species, GACC  
Note: Certain 
products have 
been listed in 
the Catalogue of 
products 
prohibited from 
import and 
export. For 
details please 
refer to QRs 
No.1 and No. 10 
of section 1 in 
this notification.  
 
5. Other notifications  
 
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No    
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
 
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