MEMBER ALERT Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 www.american-club.com American Club Member Alert – June 13, 201 8 1 JUNE 13, 2018 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC): NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE IMPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE (AN UPDATE) Reference is made to the Member Alert of February 5, 2018, People’s Republic of China (PRC): New Regulations Regarding the Importation of Solid Waste which provided a catalogue of banned solid wastes. This list has been updated to include: 1. (Effective December 31, 2018): 16 types of solid waste, including scrap metal, ship scrap, compressed pieces of scrap automobile, smelt slag and industrial waste plastic; and 2. (Effective December 31, 2019): 16 types of solid waste including stainless steel waste and scrap, titanium waste and scrap, wood waste and scrap. The catalogue of banned wastes in the PRC can be found as follows: • Currently banned solid wastes ; • Additionally banned solid wastes as of December 31, 2018; and • Additionally banned solid wastes as of December 31, 2019. Your Managers would like to thank Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service, Ltd. for this information. Annex I -- Catalogue of Banned Importation of Solid Waste 24 new types highlighted in yellow No. Customs commodity Code Name of wasteAbbreviation Other requirement or annotation I. Waste animal and plant product 10501000000 Unprocessedhumanhair(Nomatterwashor  not);wastehumanhair Wastehumanhair 20502103000WasteBristlesorpighairWastepighair 30502902090 Otherbadgerhairandotherwasteofanimal hairusedformakingbrush Wasteanimalhair 40505901000 Featherorincompletefeather'spowderor waste Wastefeather 50506901110 Wastebonewhichcontainscowandsheep (Unprocessedoronlydefatted) Wastebonewhichcontainscowandsheep 60506901910 Otherwastebone(Unprocessedoronly defatted) Otherwastebone 70507100090OtheranimalteethpowerorwasteWasteanimalteeth 80511994010 Wastehorsehair(Nomattermakeintohair sheetwithapaddingornot) Wastehorsehair 91522000000 Degras(residuesresultingfromthe treatmentoffattysubstancesofanimalor vegetablewaxes) Degras 10 1703100000SugarmolassesSugarmolasses 11 1703900000OthermolassesOthermolasses II. Mineral slag, mineral ash and residue 12 2517200000 Mineralwasteresidue,scumandsiminal industrialresidue(nomattercontainsthe materialofcodeNo.25171000) Mineralwasteresidue,scumandsiminal industrialresidue 13 2517300000AsphaltmacadamAsphaltmacadam 14 2525300000WastemicaWastemica 15 2530909910WasterMagnesiumbrickWasterMagnesiumbrick 16 2618001090 Othergranulatedslagproductedbyiron smelting（mainlycontainesmanganese) OthergranulatedslagproductedbyIron Smelting（mainlycontainesmanganese) 17 2618009000 Othergranulatedslagproductedbyiron smelting（includingdissolvingslagsand) OthergranulatedslagproductedbyIron smelting 18 2619000021 Slag,drosscontainingvanadium(excluding granulatedslag)producedbyironsmelting, V 2O5＞20% Slagcontainingvanadiumproducedby ironsmelting,V 2O5＞20% 19 2619000029 Otherslag,drosscontainingvanadium （excludingganulatedslag)producedby ironsmelting Otherslagcontainingvanadiumproduced byironsmelting 20 2619000090 Otherslag,scumandotherwaste （excludingganulatedslag)producedby ironsmelting Otherslag,scumand