Handful of import licenses reportedly issued in South China

Handful of import licenses reportedly issued in South China
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A scrap metals processor with operations in Guangdong Province in South China has told Recycling Today that a first batch of scrap materials import licenses and quota amounts for 2018 have been issued, with only around 40 issued so far in South China for all materials.

According to the recycler, some of the nation’s largest paper mill companies, such as Nine Dragons Paper, have received licenses to import recovered fiber.

The processor also indicated that Hong Kong-based Chiho Environmental Group (CEG, formerly Chiho-Tiande) has received a 2018 scrap materials import license and quota amount, which was confirmed to Recycling Today on Tuesday, Jan. 2, by a CEG corporate officer.

Previous announcements from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) have indicated that the trade in scrap motors has been targeted for restrictions. However, while the recycler says CEG and one other company have been granted permission to import motors in 2018, few if any import licenses have yet been issued to processors of wire and cable scrap.

The same processor also reports that no import licenses in this first batch were issued to any companies in the Nanhai district near Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. In the 1990s and well into the next decade, Nanhai was a hub for the recycling of motors, mixed shredded metals, wire and cable and other forms of copper-bearing scrap. Its importance as a processing hub has faded as more material has been steered into government-sponsored resource parks in outlying towns designed to host scrap processing operations.

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Source: Recycling Today
Handful of import licenses reportedly issued in South China
<![CDATA[A scrap metals processor with operations in Guangdong Province in South China has told Recycling Today that a first batch of scrap materials import licenses and quota amounts for 2018 have been issued, with only around 40 issued so far in South China for all materials. According to the recycler, some of the nation’s largest paper mill companies, such as Nine Dragons Paper, have received licenses to import recovered fiber. The processor also indicated that Hong Kong-based Chiho Environmental Group (CEG, formerly Chiho-Tiande) has received a 2018 scrap materials import license and quota amount, which was confirmed to Recycling Today on Tuesday, Jan. 2, by a CEG corporate officer. Previous announcements from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) have indicated that the trade in scrap motors has been targeted for restrictions. However, while the recycler says CEG and one other company have been granted permission to import motors in 2018, few if any import licenses have yet been issued to processors of wire and cable scrap. The same processor also reports that no import licenses in this first batch were issued to any companies in the Nanhai district near Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. In the 1990s and well into the next decade,…