Hong Kong controls dual-use items under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60) and its corresponding subsidiary legislation, the Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations (Cap. 60G) (āIESCRā). On 17 September 2021, an order to amend the list of strategic commodities under relevant schedules to the IESCR came into effect. The amendments aim to align Hong Kongās control list with international non-proliferation regimes, including the Wassenaar Arrangement. The Trade and Industry Department has provided guidance…
Chinaās Export Control Law (āECLā) came into effect on 1 December 2020, providing a framework to a series of separate administrative regulations on export controls issued prior to the lawās enactment. While no implementing rules or regulations under the ECL have been enacted since its passage into law, Chinaās Ministry of Commerce (āMOFCOMā) recently released Announcement No. 10 of 2021, on āInternal Compliance Guidelines on the Export of Dual-Use Itemsā (hereafter, the āGuidelinesā) pursuant to…
On 28 December 2019, the National Peopleās Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released a new draft of the Export Control Law (ECL) (“2019 Draft”), an update from the 2017 version circulated by the Ministry of Commerce. Click HERE to refer to our client alert on the 2017 Draft.
The 2019 Draft is now open for public comment until 26 January 2020. If enacted, the ECL will be Chinaās first comprehensive and consolidated export control legislation, aimed at upgrading the country’s existing regime consisting of multiple regulations.