End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence)

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence) is filed with MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado). With Managora you do it 100% online: you answer a few questions, sign a digital mandato (power of representation) and we draft, sign and file your certificate for you. What we charge you: from €499. Official tasa (government fee): No official fees in Spain: the end-user certificate is a private document of your company and no Spanish public body is involved or charges anything for it. Your supplier applies for and handles the export licence with MOFCOM: any cost of that procedure in China is handled by your supplier and is not part of our price. If MOFCOM also asked for an official Spanish certificate, it is processed separately through our Certificado Internacional de Importación (International Import Certificate) service. The 21 % IVA (VAT) on our fee is included in the price.

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We draft the end-user and end-use certificate that your Chinese supplier must file with MOFCOM to apply for the export licence for rare earths, magnets, gallium, germanium, graphite or antimony: in English and Spanish, adapted to your supplier's template if they have sent you one, together with the letter of undertakings (civil use, no transfer or re-export without MOFCOM's permission, and cooperation with verification). First we check that the contract, the pro forma invoice and the technical data sheet say the same thing, screen the MOFCOM control and watch lists and Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, and tell you whether MOFCOM may also ask you for an official Spanish certificate. You sign it and your supplier files it with MOFCOM, which decides on the licence.

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What we charge you: from €499
Managora's fee: €499.00 (21% VAT incl.)
Tasa (official government fee): No official fees in Spain: the end-user certificate is a private document of your company and no Spanish public body is involved or charges anything for it. Your supplier applies for and handles the export licence with MOFCOM: any cost of that procedure in China is handled by your supplier and is not part of our price. If MOFCOM also asked for an official Spanish certificate, it is processed separately through our Certificado Internacional de Importación (International Import Certificate) service. The 21 % IVA (VAT) on our fee is included in the price.
Processing time: We prepare the certificate and the letter of undertakings as soon as we have your contract or order and the technical data sheet. MOFCOM then decides on the licence within 45 working days from the date it accepts your supplier's application; the period is suspended while it carries out verifications, consults experts or inspects, and it does not apply when the decision rests with the State Council or the Central Military Commission. Nobody can promise when the licence will arrive.
Where it is filed: MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado) ↗
What you receive: Official certificate

Cost breakdown: One supplier and one product: 499 € (VAT included). Several products or suppliers, or general licence: 799 € (VAT included), up to 3 products or suppliers, or when your supplier applies for a general licence covering several shipments. No official fees in Spain: the certificate is a private document that you sign..

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence): how is it filed?

1Answer the questions (about 10 minutes) and upload the contract or order and the product's technical data sheet.
2If you tell us that the use is military or that your company is on the MOFCOM lists, we let you know before you pay.
3Payment: 499 € (VAT included) for one product from one supplier; 799 € (VAT included) for several products or suppliers, up to 3, or if your supplier applies for a general licence.
4Sign the engagement from your mobile.
5We check that the contract, the pro forma invoice and the technical data sheet say the same thing, and screen the MOFCOM control and watch lists and Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 against your product, your customers and your destinations.
6We deliver the end-user and end-use certificate in English and Spanish (on your supplier's template, if you have one) and the letter of undertakings, and tell you whether MOFCOM may also ask you for an official Spanish certificate.
7Your legal representative signs the certificate and you send it to your supplier, who files it with MOFCOM together with the licence application. If your supplier asks you to change any detail in the certificate before filing it, we adjust it for you.

Which documents do you need?

•Contract, purchase order or pro forma invoice with your Chinese supplier.
•Technical data sheet of the product or test report (composition, purity or grade, form and, for magnets, whether they contain terbium or dysprosium).
•The certificate template your supplier has sent you, if they have sent one.
•End-user and end-use certificate and letter of undertakings: we draft them and your legal representative signs them.

Legal basis and things to bear in mind

The export licence is applied for by the Chinese exporter with MOFCOM, not by you. With the application it files the contract, the technical description or test report and the end-user and end-use certificate (art. 16 of China's Regulations on the Export Control of Dual-Use Items, Decree 792, in force since 1 December 2024). That certificate is issued by the end user itself (art. 24).
What needs a licence today: since 4 April 2025 (Announcement 18/2025), samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium, and samarium-cobalt magnets and NdFeB magnets containing terbium or dysprosium, as magnets or magnetic powder; the announcement does not mention finished products with magnets already fitted. Also gallium and germanium (since 1 August 2023), high-purity, high-strength and high-density synthetic graphite and natural flake graphite and its products (since 1 December 2023), and antimony ore and raw materials, antimony metal and its products and some high-purity antimony compounds (since 15 September 2024). The announcements of 9 October 2025 (55 to 58, 61 and 62) are suspended until 10 November 2026 (Announcement 70/2025). If the suspension is not extended, they may apply again, bringing back the controls on holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium and on magnets containing holmium (Announcement 57/2025).
MOFCOM decides within 45 working days from accepting the application, not counting the time taken by verifications, expert consultations or inspections (art. 17). An individual licence covers one export to a single end user and is valid for 1 year at most; a general licence covers several exports and is valid for 3 years at most, and only an exporter with an internal compliance programme, an export track record and stable end users can apply for one (arts. 15 and 16).
With the certificate you undertake not to change the end use or transfer the item to third parties without MOFCOM's permission (art. 24). If you do not cooperate in time with the end-use verification, MOFCOM may put you on the watch list, and your supplier will no longer be able to sell to you under a general licence (art. 26); anyone who breaches the end-user or end-use requirements may be put on the control list, with transactions prohibited, restricted or suspended (arts. 28 and 29).
In 2026 MOFCOM has added 21 European Union entities to its control list (Announcements 20/2026 and 30/2026) and prohibits foreign third parties from transferring Chinese-origin dual-use items to them. If you resell the product, check first who to: we screen the customers you give us.
MOFCOM may also require a certificate issued or certified by a public body of the end user's country (art. 24). In Spain, the official document available is the Certificado Internacional de Importación (International Import Certificate), issued by the Secretaría de Estado de Comercio (annex VI.17 of RD 679/2014) at the request of the importing company, also for goods not subject to control in Spain (art. 31.2), and valid for 6 months. The Ministry of Defence's Certificado de Último Destino (end-use certificate for defence material) is not suitable, as it is only for defence material.
Your supplier files it with MOFCOM and MOFCOM decides on the licence: we cannot guarantee either the outcome or the timing. The import declaration at Spanish customs is lodged by your company or by a registered customs representative; we do not lodge it.

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence): frequently asked questions

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence): how much does it cost?

We charge you from €499: our fee plus, where applicable, the fixed official tasa we advance. One supplier and one product: 499 € (VAT included). Several products or suppliers, or general licence: 799 € (VAT included), up to 3 products or suppliers, or when your supplier applies for a general licence covering several shipments. No official fees in Spain: the certificate is a private document that you sign.. Managora's fee is €499.00, 21% VAT included (€412.40 net + €86.60 VAT). The official tasa charged by the authority (a suplido paid on your behalf, no VAT) is: No official fees in Spain: the end-user certificate is a private document of your company and no Spanish public body is involved or charges anything for it. Your supplier applies for and handles the export licence with MOFCOM: any cost of that procedure in China is handled by your supplier and is not part of our price. If MOFCOM also asked for an official Spanish certificate, it is processed separately through our Certificado Internacional de Importación (International Import Certificate) service. The 21 % IVA (VAT) on our fee is included in the price..

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence): how long does it take?

We prepare the certificate and the letter of undertakings as soon as we have your contract or order and the technical data sheet. MOFCOM then decides on the licence within 45 working days from the date it accepts your supplier's application; the period is suspended while it carries out verifications, consults experts or inspects, and it does not apply when the decision rests with the State Council or the Central Military Commission. Nobody can promise when the licence will arrive.

End-user certificate to import rare earths, magnets and critical minerals from China (MOFCOM export licence): which documents do I need?

You need to have to hand: Contract, purchase order or pro forma invoice with your Chinese supplier., Technical data sheet of the product or test report (composition, purity or grade, form and, for magnets, whether they contain terbium or dysprosium)., The certificate template your supplier has sent you, if they have sent one., End-user and end-use certificate and letter of undertakings: we draft them and your legal representative signs them.. You do not upload them here: we collect the details through the guided chat.

Who files the procedure?

Managora files it in your name with MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado). You only provide the details through the chat and sign a mandato (power of representation); we prepare, sign and register it.

Can it be done online?

Yes. The whole process is online: you answer a few questions in the guided chat, sign a simple mandato on screen and receive the receipt and the official documents by email, with full legal validity.

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Based on the legislation in force and on the official site of the competent authority: MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado) ↗.

Managora Gestion SL (company number B88823893) is a private company. We are not MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado), we are not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by any public authority, and this website is not an official government portal. What you pay on this page is our fee for preparing, signing and filing the procedure on your behalf: it is separate from the official tasa, which where applicable belongs to the authority and is shown to you separately. You can carry out this procedure yourself, directly with MOFCOM, Ministerio de Comercio de la República Popular China (la licencia la pide su proveedor chino; usted firma el certificado).

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