China's Ministry of Commerce has extended the two-month suspension of expanded export controls covering rare earth materials, processing equipment, lithium batteries, and graphite products until 10 January 2027.
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on 9 November 2026 that it would extend a pause on expanded export controls by two months, to 10 January 2027.
The pause was due to end on 10 November 2026. It is part of a wider agreement reached after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump met in South Korea in late 2025.
The suspension covers six announcements issued on 9 October 2025. Announcements No. 55, 56, 57 and 58 of 2025 apply to superhard materials, rare earth processing equipment, licensing for medium and heavy rare earths such as holmium and europium, and lithium battery and graphite materials.
The ministries’ announcements No. 61 and 62 set an extraterritorial rule. That rule applies to foreign-made products containing at least 0.1% Chinese-origin rare earth content by value. It also controls rare earth technology and support for overseas rare earth production.
On the same day, China extended its suspension of a 24% tariff on US goods and its port fees on US ships by two months.
