Previously Chinese firms were only given export licences for products such as Covid-19 test kits, medical face masks, protective clothing, ventilators and infrared thermometers if they had a licence to sell the same products at home.
Coronavirus: US lags in global race for medical supplies from ChinaIndustrial sources said the rule banning exports unless the manufacturer had a domestic licence, introduced on March 31, was too tight. Suppliers complained that the process of obtaining a domestic licence was too complicated and time-consuming and effectively banned them selling their products abroad.
“So far 16 companies in the province have now been added to the white list that allows them to export, and they are updating the white list,” said the producer, who has exported test kits overseas for more than a decade but had been barred from exporting due to the March 31 regulation. The authorities also said quality controls were subject to adjustment based on future developments across the world.
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