Comments on: Chinese Rare-Earth Export Quotas for H1-2011

By: constantinos

constantinos — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:15:41 +0000

What date does China announces about rare elements export for this year 2011.and were I can I get the news

By: Gareth Hatch

Gareth Hatch — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:20:32 +0000

@Mike: that’s correct – the quotas do not apply to semi-finshed or finished goods such as finished permanent magnets, or magnetic alloys. It does not apply to assemblies that use such magnets. It is my understanding that the quota applies to rare-earth metals, oxides, chlorides and miscellaneous salts only.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:16:30 +0000

Gareth,
When you responded to @Charlie you stated that this was for ‘basic products’. I have been told by magnet suppliers that this quota does not pertain to finished magnets, (machined to shape, plated and magnetized). Is this your understanding that the quota is only for the export of the raw material not a finished magnet or magnet assembly?

By: Gareth Hatch

Gareth Hatch — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:39:15 +0000

@MH Ting: thanks for the note. Per the penultimate paragraph in the article above, if we include Pingyuan Sanxie Rare Earth Smelting Company, which is set to receive 62 t of quota in March 2011 if its infrastructure improvements have been inspected and approved by a local regulatory agency, we arrive at 32 companies.

By: MH Ting

MH Ting — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:32:19 +0000

Hi Gareth,
Just to point out a factual error. Only 31 and not 32 firms will have export permits for H1-2011.

By: Gareth Hatch

Gareth Hatch — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:07:23 +0000

@samarium: check out my latest article on the quotas via:

http://bit.ly/eTNxp9

It includes links to specific pages on the Chinese Ministry of Commerce Web site, from which the information was obtained.

By: samarium

samarium — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:12:29 +0000

it would be nice to have a direct reference for the article on :
Chinese Rare-Earth Export Quotas for H1-2011

By: Gareth Hatch

Gareth Hatch — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:54 +0000

@Charlie: they’re talking about the sum total of all exports of basic products such as oxides, chlorides and so on. There is no differentiation made between specific rare earths. They also include now ferroalloys, (e.g. DyFe) which previously were not included in the quotas. I have a seen a list somewhere of the specific compounds that are covered by the term “rare earths” in this context – will see if I can hunt it down and post it to the Web site.

@John: you raise a good point. A short while ago there was a report from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that said that around 32,000 t of rare earths had been shipped out of China in the first 10 months of the year – compare this to the roughly 30,300 t officially available through the quota system. Also, the H1-2011 numbers were allocated to individual companies partly on the basis of their specific prior sales in the last three years – more on this shortly in a new article.

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:55:42 +0000

What is the difference between quotas and actual sales? It seems to me that sales are far more important than quotas.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:46 +0000

When talking about quotas for a given timeframe, are the Chinese talking about powders of the different elements, finished goods or what?