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China & Hong Kong

Китай и Гонконг · 2 countries · 143 producers · 22 sanctions entries mentioning region

Largest single producer of 33 of 50 critical minerals tracked by USGS. Operates four metals futures venues (SHFE, INE, GFEX, DCE), state stockpiles (SRB), and the world's most aggressive export-control regime on rare earths, gallium, germanium, graphite, antimony, tungsten.

Primary sources: MOFCOM announcements · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (China)

Producers in region

143 entries from TSM producer directory (cross-referenced with company IR pages, HKEX, SEC, ASX, LSE filings). Expand a metal to see members.

steel 18
aluminium 12
rare_earths 10
copper 8
cobalt 7
tin 6
zinc 5
gold 5
molybdenum 5
gallium 5
graphite 5
nickel 4
neodymium 4
praseodymium 4
dysprosium 4
lanthanum 4
terbium 4
lithium 3
tungsten 3
antimony 3
magnesium 3
ferrosilicon 3
lead 2
vanadium 2
germanium 2
indium 2
tellurium 2
hafnium 2
stainless_steel 2
silver 1
manganese 1
uranium 1
rhenium 1

USGS country-rank data (MCS 2026)

Rows for region countries that appear in USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (DOI 10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Sorted by best rank.

Exchanges

Tracked in TSM exchange registry. Currency in region: CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi · HKD Hong Kong Dollar.

  • SHFE — Shanghai Futures Exchange (Shanghai, China) · regulator: CSRC (China) · website
  • INE — Shanghai International Energy Exchange (Shanghai, China) · regulator: CSRC (China) · website
  • GFEX — Guangzhou Futures Exchange (Guangzhou, China) · regulator: CSRC (China) · website
  • DCE — Dalian Commodity Exchange (Dalian, China) · regulator: CSRC (China) · website
  • SGE — Shanghai Gold Exchange (Shanghai, China) · regulator: People's Bank of China (PBOC) · website
  • HKEX — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing — commodities & gold futures (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) · regulator: HK SFC · website

Regulators

  • MOFCOM — Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China · primary site
  • CSRC — China Securities Regulatory Commission · primary site
  • HK SFC — Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission · primary site
  • HKMA — Hong Kong Monetary Authority · primary site

Key export-control regimes

Outbound restrictions issued by regulators in this region. Cross-regional matrix: /export-controls/.

  • Gallium, germanium — licence required, effective 2023-08-01 · official notice
  • Graphite — licence required, effective 2023-12-01 · official notice
  • Rare-earth processing technology — export ban, effective 2023-12-21 · official notice
  • Antimony — licence required, effective 2024-09-15 · official notice
  • Tungsten, tellurium, molybdenum, bismuth, indium — licence required, effective 2025-02-04 · official notice
  • 7 medium/heavy rare earths (Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Lu, Sc, Y) — licence required, effective 2025-04-04 · official notice
  • China Export Control Law on Dual-Use Items (consolidated regime) — consolidated export-control framework (replaces 2020 ad-hoc lists), effective 2024-12-01 · official notice
  • Antimony export licence (added to dual-use control list) — licence required, effective 2024-09-15 · official notice
  • Total ban on gallium, germanium, antimony exports to United States — country-specific export ban (retaliation to BIS chip controls), effective 2024-12-03 · official notice

Sanctions-issuing bodies

Daily-tracked feeds in TSM sanctions watch.

No sanctions-issuing body based in this region.

Port operators in region

3 commodity-relevant ports. Operator / parent / stake / concession dates mirror what each issuer publicly discloses (annual reports, IR pages, HKEx/NSE/SEC filings). TSM does not classify ownership — only links to the primary source for every row.

PortCountryOperatorParentStakeSinceUntilSource
CaofeidianChinaHebei Port Group Co., Ltd.Hebei Port Group Co., Ltd. (CN) · state (Hebei SASAC)100%2007primary →
QingdaoChinaQingdao Port International Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of Shandong Port Group)Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. (CN) · HKEx 6198 (Qingdao Port International)100%2001primary →
ShanghaiChinaShanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG)Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) (CN) · SSE 600018100%2003primary →

Primary annual-report and IR sources tracked: COSCO Shipping Ports (HKEx 1199), China Merchants Port (HKEx 144), DP World, Adani Ports (NSE ADANIPORTS), PSA International, APM Terminals (via A.P. Møller-Mærsk), Hutchison Ports (HKEx 0001 CK Hutchison).

Region on map

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