[Issuing Authority] Department of Foreign Trade

[Document Number] Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 79 of 2025

 December 9, 2025 In accordance with the *Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China*, the *Regulations on the Administration of Import and Export of Goods of the People's Republic of China*, the *Measures for the Administration of Export Licenses*, and other laws, administrative regulations, and rules, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs have decided to adjust the *Catalogue of Goods Subject to Export License Management (2025)* (hereinafter referred to as the *Catalogue*). The relevant matters are announced as follows:

I. Certain steel products (see Annex for details) are included in the *Catalogue*.

II. Foreign trade operators exporting the above-mentioned goods should apply for an export license based on the export contract and a product quality inspection certificate issued by the manufacturer. The Ministry of Commerce and the provincial-level commerce departments (provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities with independent planning status, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) and some sub-provincial cities (Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Xi'an) entrusted by the Ministry of Commerce will issue export licenses according to their respective responsibilities. Export licenses applied for by enterprises under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council in Beijing will be issued by the License Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce; export licenses applied for by other enterprises will be issued by the provincial-level commerce department or the commerce department of the sub-provincial city where they are located. Other matters not covered herein shall be handled in accordance with Announcement No. 65 of 2024 issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs.

III. This announcement shall take effect on January 1, 2026.

Ministry of Commerce General Administration of Customs December 9, 2025