China's government on Monday published customs codes for copper, aluminium and brass scrap meeting new standards that it said could be imported without restriction from Nov. 1, even after a ban on solid waste imports at the end of this year.

The long-awaited customs codes are 7404000030 for high-grade copper scrap, 7602000020 for aluminium scrap and 7404000020 for brass scrap, according to a joint notice issued by the environment ministry, customs administration, industry ministry and commerce ministry.

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