Import & Export Rules

📍 India On 1 February 2025, India announced the removal of customs duties on waste and scraps for a dozen critical minerals – including copper, lead, tungsten, and zinc. There are also no longer customs on waste and scraps of lithium-ion batteries and cobalt powder. Last year, the Indian government

🌱 What restrictions are planned? The Chinese Ministry of Commerce recently announced its plans to put strict regulations on the export of two critical raw materials, namely gallium and germanium. As of 1 August 2023, companies must apply for permission from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and obta

🌱 What do the new rules entail? On 20 October 2023, China announced its plans to impose export controls on several graphite products. Graphite is a key component in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. As of 1 December 2023, China will be requiring “special export permits for three [different] grades o

🌱 Are the amounts of export restrictions on critical raw materials increasing? From 2009 to 2020, Argentina, China, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vietnam implemented the most export restrictions on critical raw materials. Since the OECD began collecting data in 2009, there has been a five-fold inc