Background

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has extended through Jan. 14, 2029, the import restrictions on certain archaeological material from China. The designated list of goods covered by these import restrictions can be found here and includes the following types of items.

- ceramic vessels, sculpture, and architectural decorations and molds

- jade ornaments and jewelry; weapons, tools, and insignia; ceremonial paraphernalia; and vessels

- other stone tools and weapons, sculpture, architectural elements, and musical instruments

- bronze vessels, sculpture, coins, musical instruments, and tools and weapons

- various articles of iron, gold, silver, bone, ivory, horn, shell, silk, textiles, lacquer, wood, bamboo,  paper, and glass

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