Officials of the Ministry of Commerce stated that: continue to limit the export of coke

At the first China coke international market seminar held recently, relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission stated that coke as a high-energy-consuming and highly polluting resource product will reduce its total exports year by year. However, taking into account the interests and strong demands of international demand parties, China will adopt a gradual reduction of coke exports to maintain the stability of the entire coke market.

China has now become the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter of coke. China’s current coke production accounts for more than half of global production, and exports account for nearly 60% of global trade volume. In the early 1990s, China exported less than 1 million tons of coke, accounting for less than 5% of the international market. From the perspective of domestic resource consumption, environmental protection and safeguarding the country's sustainable development capacity, China cannot withstand such rapid coke production and export growth.

Fu Ziying, assistant minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that China will adopt measures that comply with the rules of the World Trade Organization and domestic laws and regulations and strengthen the control over the export of energy-intensive, highly polluting, and resource-intensive products. He stressed that in the future, China will adopt relevant regulatory measures on the basis of openness, transparency, and non-discrimination to maintain a stable supply of coke. Bi Jingquan, director of the Department of Economic Affairs of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that after all, China’s coke production and exports are at the expense of huge resource consumption and environmental costs, and even people’s physical health damage. In the management of export quotas for coke and other resource products, China will adhere to the principle of taking me as the mainstay.