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The above report quoted an official from the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce who did not want to be named, saying that China is currently facing the danger of over-exploitation of rare earth resources. China has realized the importance of protecting its rare earth resources and will further reduce export quotas next year. Policy.
Yesterday, Jiang Fan, deputy director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said in an interview with Bloomberg that he did not hear that China has any policy to reduce the export of rare earth by 30% next year.
Reports on China's rare earth resources have recently continued to occupy important pages in major media around the world.
Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Daxie Zhang Hong said yesterday that China is still controlling the export of rare earth to Japan due to political conflict between the two countries, and said it will seek to communicate with China on this issue.
According to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun, the Japanese ambassador to China, Yuichiro Ichiro, convened the ambassadors of major countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany, France and South Korea at the Japanese Embassy in China on the morning of the 12th, claiming that China’s rare earth export regulations “exist The problem is that, in an attempt to unite international pressure, China is required to ease the export regulation of rare earth elements.
At present, 92% of rare earths in Japan rely on imports from China, but the Financial Times pointed out that Japan only used one-third of the total imports for production, and the rest used as strategic reserves. The industry has estimated that the Japanese reserves of rare earths It is enough for 40 to 50 years.
After the arrest of the Chinese fishing boat captain in the Diaoyu Islands waters on September 8, Japan triggered friction between China and Japan. Since then, the outside world has said that China has stopped exporting rare earths to Japan. China has been clarifying and denying Japan’s claim that the Chinese government has interrupted the export of rare earth elements to Japan.
On September 20, Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce of China, said in an interview with reporters during the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Forum summit in Yinchuan that the Chinese government has no embargo, but the behavior of Chinese enterprises driven by “spontaneous feelings†“the government will not Intervention."
On the 6th of this month, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made it clear at the 6th China-EU Business Summit that China has no blockade or blockade, but China’s management and control of rare earths is necessary for the sake of the world. Continue to develop.
Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, also pointed out at a recent regular press conference that China’s measures on rare earth exports are consistent with international norms and WTO rules, not only in the export chain, but also in production and manufacturing. There are also legal grounds.
Since the dispute over rare earths has been around for a long time, according to the minerals report published on the website of the Ministry of Commerce in 2009, since the end of June 2009, WTO members such as the United States, the European Union and Mexico have resorted to China’s export restrictions on nine industrial raw materials to the WTO dispute. Solution mechanism. In August, Europe and the United States expressed strong concern and concern about the relevant plans for China's rare earth production and export. All of these indicate that the developed countries in the West have deeply felt the tremendous pressure of the shortage of rare earth supply.
Zhao Zhongxiu, dean of the School of International Trade at the University of International Business and Economics, told this reporter that China’s access to rare earth pricing power is also a legitimate and legitimate trade interest. “Because precious resources cannot be sold for a long time.†He gave reporters an example. Japan has rare earth processing. The advanced technology often imports rare earth resources from China at low prices, and then exports the processed products to China at a price of more than 20 times. “The essential reason is that they have the pricing power because they have their own brands and channels.†Zhao Zhongxiu said.
In response to a report in the English version of China Daily that China will reduce the export quota of no more than 30% of rare earths next year, relevant persons from the Ministry of Commerce yesterday clarified the reporter of the “First Financial Daily†and reported that it was inaccurate. There is no such measure.