China announced the imposition of quarantine and hygienic requirements for imports of "edible aquatic animals" from The Comoros, the General Administration of Customs announced, according to an unofficial translation. The restrictions apply to crustaceans, fish and molluscs from the African archipelago that are shipped to China for consumption. Comorian exporting entities will be required to obtain Chinese registration qualifications and should establish and implement a self-inspection, self-control and traceability system for the safety and hygiene of the edible aquatic animals, among other requirements.
Exports to China
New Manufacturing USA Institutes can help the semiconductor industry reduce costs and accelerate innovation, particularly in emerging technology areas that could soon be subject to export controls, chip companies and industry representatives said in comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. They also said the Commerce Department should bar foreign entities from working with Manufacturing USA Institutes if they are subject to U.S. export restrictions or have operations in certain countries, including China.
The U.S. needs to “act quickly” to build a multilateral consensus on China export controls or risk other countries simply filling the vacuum left by the U.S. in China’s semiconductor market, two export control and national security policy experts said in a Dec. 30 piece for Foreign Affairs. Although U.S. officials have said they are confident an agreement with allies will soon be completed, the authors said it remains unclear whether the deal will create a “genuine, multilaterally controlled chokepoint” for advanced chip technologies.
Several U.S. technology companies recently disclosed their ongoing efforts to comply with new export restrictions against China (see 2210070049), with some determining the regulations will have little effect and others saying the uncertainty is leading to business interruptions.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security granted an export license for U.S. chip company Nexcel Electronic Technology (NETI) after the company told BIS that new restrictions on China would force NETI to shut down and fire all its employees. NETI, which provides certain semiconductor services to Chinese companies, was granted a four-year license to continue its operations, the company’s lawyer and trade consultant told Export Compliance Daily.
China “welcomes” the Commerce Department’s decision last week to remove 25 Chinese companies from the Unverified List but criticized the agency’s decision to add other firms to the Entity List, calling the move “economic bullying.” In a Dec. 16 statement, China’s Ministry of Commerce said the U.S. “has ignored the fact that Chinese and American companies conduct normal commercial transactions and trade exchanges, ignored the strong voices of Chinese and American industries, generalized the concept of national security” and “abused export control and other measures,” according to an unofficial translation of the statement.
The Bureau of Industry and Security added a host of Chinese and Russian entities to the Entity List, including top Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. and leading Chinese artificial intelligence firms, the agency said in a pair of notices released Dec. 15. The new restrictions on the Chinese firms are aimed at “severely restricting” China’s ability to leverage AI, advanced computing and other commercial technologies for its military or human rights abuses, BIS Undersecretary Alan Estevez said. The agency added the Russian entities to the list after it was unable to complete end-use checks. The changes took effect Dec. 16.
The Bureau of Industry and Security will add a host of Chinese and Russian entities to the Entity List, including top Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., the agency said in a pair of notices released Dec. 15.
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