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China bans exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States

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Source: PBS NewsHour (AP)Also reported by Thomson Reuters

China’s Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 46 of 2024 on 3 December, banning exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials to the United States with immediate effect. It came a day after the US added 140 mostly Chinese companies to its export-control Entity List.

Why it matters

Gallium and germanium are used in chipmaking, and the ban turned the licensing China began in 2023 into a cut-off for US buyers.

When
3 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0148
Who
Ministry of Commerce of China

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from PBS NewsHour (AP) and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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Data to measure this

Compare the years before 2024 with the years since in these series.

  • BACI product-level trade databaseCEPIIHarmonised annual bilateral trade for about 5,000 HS6 products among about 200 countries, including chips.Years: 1995-present · annual · download · CSV · Covers before and after
  • UN ComtradeUnited Nations Statistics Division · paidBilateral goods trade by reporter, partner and product code, for example HS 8542 integrated circuits.monthly · api · CSV, JSON, API

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WTA-N-2024-0148: “China bans exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States.” wheresthe.ai, 3 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-gallium-germanium-antimony-us-export-ban-2024-12/ (source: PBS NewsHour (AP)).

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