Japan's Minister of Economic production says 10 Chinese rare earth ships have gone to Japan

Ouyangliang, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that November 30 afternoon, Japan's economic industry Minister 畠 Ohata to the Japanese media after attending the cabinet meeting, said that there are 2 rare earth carriers obtained China's customs clearance, in addition, there are 2 of the shipped rare Earth transport ships will leave Hong Kong to Japan.　　Japan has actually received 10 of shipments of rare earths after September 23, when Japan said it had stopped exports of rare earths, after 6 rare earth carriers had received Chinese permission and 4 confirmed yesterday. November 29, Japan's big Trading Company ("Two-time Company") announced that the company has 3 rare earth carriers on 27th, 28th from Tianjin and Shanghai to travel to Japan, the fastest ship will arrive at the destination 30th.　　The company did not disclose the types of rare earths on board the ship and the port of discharge in Japan, but made it clear that the 3 ships had 66 tonnes of rare earths. Rare earths are an indispensable element in the production of many High-tech products, while China's Rare-earth reserves are the largest in the world and Japan's dependence on Chinese Rare-earth imports is as high as 90%.　　So, from September 23, when Japan declared China to stop exporting rare earths, Japan has been very nervous from government to business. September 24, the big 畠 ohata on the possibility of bringing a lawsuit to the WTO, ready to be held at the WTO meeting in October, to express their strong concern to members, in an attempt to find more allies to pressure China.　　But before the WTO meeting, the Japanese Foreign ministry said it would bring more losses to Japanese companies, and would not benefit the two summit meetings at the APEC meeting in Yokohama, thus halting the production of the province. At the same time, the Japanese government has specifically put forward the so-called "comprehensive countermeasures", including rare earth reserves, strengthen the replacement of materials research and development, and cooperation with other countries to develop new minerals and so on.　　At present, Japan is actively coordinating with Vietnam, Mongolia and other countries, hoping to jointly develop the rare earth resources of the two countries. In fact, the Chinese government has always disagreed with the Japanese version of the ban on rare earths. Jiang Yaoping, China's vice Minister of Commerce, said in a meeting with 畠 ohata that China restricted production of rare earths because it feared the depletion of rare earths over the next 10-15 years, and that the strengthening of customs inspections was due to rampant smuggling.　　Jiang Yaoping also said it would try to avoid rare earths that would pose a barrier to both economies. "China can learn how to deal with the problem of iron ore in Australia by market-based means to solve the problem." "The reserves of rare earth resources are limited, and as the reserves are reduced, the price should rise," said Zhou Yongsheng, a professor at the Institute of International Relations at the Foreign Affairs Institute, to the first financial daily. Moreover, the domestic costs are rising, environmental protection is also increasing attention, therefore, China's rare earths should be like Australia's iron ore, the price increase. ”