Dear Valued Customer,

The government of the People's Republic of China has recently adopted a new legislation concerning the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution in China, whereby all solid waste including waste paper, waste plastics, waste metals, waste chemicals, amongst others are prohibited from importation into China in order to achieve zero import of solid waste by the end of 2020.

A Penalty of CNY500,000 to CNY5,000,000 shall be imposed for violations and strict requirement for import solid waste to be returned to its place of origin at the expense of cargo, including cost of disposal if any.

To comply with the legislation, OOCL shall cease cargo acceptance of all solid waste related materials into China effective from 16 October 2020 (on-board date). We kindly remind you to pay attention to the following accordingly:

• To ensure full compliance with the regulation, customers are strongly recommended to check with related authorities on official information to see if the new import regulations apply to your cargo, and if so, you must obtain valid license(s) or permit(s) and provide accurate cargo names as well as all necessary information to OOCL at the time of booking for verification.
• OOCL policy on booking acceptance of solid waste cargo shall be subject to further adjustment according to relevant announcement of the authority. We shall keep you posted on the latest development on www.oocl.com from time-to-time when available.

Should you have any queries, please feel free contact our local customer service representatives.

Thank you for the attention and support.

Orient Overseas Container Line (China) Co., Ltd.