China will ban processing trade in more categories of chemical and resource products in the latest move to restrict the export of resource-intensive products and to balance trade. The 2007 Prohibited List for Processing Trade, which would take effect on April 26, bans processing trade firms from dealing in 990 products.

There are 186 new categories listed, including heavy diesel oil, apatite and lanthanon ore. They are mostly non-renewable resources, energy-consuming and high-polluting products.