Signals
Export controls · trade agreements · restriction probability15 export bans3 licensing regimes
Source: USGS MCS 2026 Table 4. Data current through November 2025. 19 active export controls across 19 countries.
Active Export Controls by CountryUSGS MCS 2026 T4 · effective Jan 2026
| Country | Control Type | Commodities (year enacted) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | Export ban | Quartz and gypsum (2024). | ↗ source |
| Armenia | Temporary export ban | Metal waste and scrap (2025). | ↗ source |
| Botswana | Export ban | Raw diamonds (2025). | ↗ source |
| China | Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies | Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025). | ↗ source |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | Export quota | Cobalt (2025). | ↗ source |
| Indonesia | Export ban | Bauxite (2023), copper concentrates (2023), and nickel ore (2020). | ↗ source |
| Kyrgyzstan | Temporary export ban | Ferrous ingot and ferrous metal waste and scrap (2023) and catalysts and waste containing precious metals (2025). | ↗ source |
| Laos | Export ban | Raw minerals, including copper, gold, iron, nickel, potassium, silver, and zinc (2024). | ↗ source |
| Malaysia | Export ban | Raw rare earths (2024). | ↗ source |
| Morocco | Export licensing requirement | Copper (refined and alloys) and aluminum ingots (2025). | ↗ source |
| Namibia | Export ban | Ores and concentrates of cobalt, graphite, lithium, manganese, and rare earths (2023). | ↗ source |
| Russia | Export ban | Steel waste and scrap, tungsten scrap, and enriched uranium (2022). | ↗ source |
| South Africa | Export licensing requirement | Chromite ore (2025). | ↗ source |
| Tajikistan | Export ban | Metal waste and scrap (2020). | ↗ source |
| Tanzania | Export ban | Ore concentrates of copper, gold, nickel, and silver (2017). | ↗ source |
| Thailand | Export ban | Natural sand (2023). | ↗ source |
| Venezuela | Export ban | Bauxite, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, copper, gold, rhodium, silver, and thorium (2024). | ↗ source |
| Vietnam | Export ban | Raw materials of iron, lead-zinc, chromite, manganese, apatite, and rare earths and deeply processed titanium (2012). | ↗ source |
| Zimbabwe | Export ban | Lithium ore (2022). | ↗ source |