Lately, five authorities, including the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Administration of Customs, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, have jointly released the Announcement on Adjusting the Catalogue of Imported Waste Management (the "Announcement") which shall enter into force as of the date of promulgation.
The Announcement makes it clear that, seven types of solid wastes, including the "cane molasses (1703100000)", "other molasses (1703900000)", "mica waste (2525300000)", "waste or scrap of polycrystalline silicon, containing by weight 99.9999999% of silicon or more (2804619011)", "other silicon waste or scrap, containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon (2804619091)", "waste and scrap, leftovers, powders, and particles of unvulcanized rubber (4004000090)"and "offcut from finished leather, leather products or composition leather (4115200090)", will be included into the Catalogue of Solid Wastes Forbidden to Import instead of the Catalogue of Restricted Import Solid Wastes that Can Be Used as Raw Materials.