Qinghai Lithium Exported Abroad for The First Time

A batch of lithium metal produced by Qinghai Province Jinkunlun Lithium Industry Co., Ltd. was successfully exported to Japan after passing the inspection by the Xining Customs Golmud Customs inspection. This is the first export of metallic Li in Qinghai Province and the resources in the province account for more than 60% of the global reserves.

Qinghai is a crucial continuation place for the development of new energy in the world. The province holds the most abundant lithium resources in China. The metal is a deep-processed product in the industry and is called "energy metal". It is an ideal anode material for Li-ion batteries and has a promising market prospect.

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"Our company has a long-term intention to export, but the activity of metal is very strong, there is a great danger in the production and transportation process, let alone cross the ocean." Quanshi Pang, general manager of Jin Kunlun company said that Golmud Customs helped them establish a systematic and complete safety management system to eliminate the impact of the epidemic and resume work in time.

Qifeng Zhao, deputy director of Golmud Customs, introduced that to help Qinghai Jinkunlun company export metal lithium products smoothly, Golmud Customs created tailor-made "one enterprise, one policy" support measures for enterprises, and guided enterprises to handle import, export, receipt, delivery filing, export inspection, quarantine, declaration, and other procedures. Organize customs commodity inspection experts to provide detailed video explanations of hazardous chemicals and their packaging, filling out customs declaration forms, export declarations, and papers of origin.

At the same time, for the identification of product hazard characteristics, label information and other links, strengthen technical guidance to enterprises to ensure that export products meet international standards and importing country requirements.

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"To solve the problem of difficult product testing during the COVID-19 epidemic, we sent an expert team to conduct an on-site assessment of the company's quality management system and laboratory testing capabilities, and guide the company to manage per the international quality management system and lab management system standards. The test report of the adoption company’s laboratory serves as a reference for the customs clearance of goods, which facilitates the export of enterprises." Qifeng Zhao said.

Zhao Qifeng said that in the next step, Golmud Customs will continue to take advantage of its technical functions, listen to corporate demands, optimize the regulatory process, solve corporate difficulties, and continue to help companies stabilize foreign trade and expand imports and exports. Quanshi Pang said that the company in Qinghai strives to achieve its goal of exporting 100 tons of lithium metal this year as soon as possible.

 

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