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Export controls -high-end graphite

Last updated: 6 June 2024

End 2023, the Chinese government established that graphite products meeting the following characteristics required permission to be exported :

  • High-purity (purity >99.9%) , high-strength (flexural strength >30Mpa ), high-density (density >1.73g / cubic centimeter) artificial graphite materials and their products
  • Natural flake graphite and its products

Exporters need to go through a licensing process.

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