The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China has requested greater transparency in China's export controls on dual-use items, saying these have affected the supply of rare earths, Nikkei Asia reported Thursday.
Japanese companies have seen tighter rare-earth supply following stricter export restrictions imposed by China amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries, the report cited Tetsuro Homma, head of the group, as saying.
The controls have even affected items "purely for civilian purposes," the report cited the group as saying.
The measures include a ban on exports of items for both civilian and military use to 20 Japanese defense-linked entities, with 20 other Japanese companies and organizations included in a watchlist, the report said.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said the export controls are specific to only a few Japanese entities, with no impact on normal exchanges between the two nations, according to the report.
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