China’s Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says

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Large quantities of critical protective gear and other medical goods are sitting in warehouses across China unable to receive necessary official clearances, said some suppliers and brokers.
 

Health-care equipment maker PerkinElmer Inc. , based in Massachusetts, is unable to ship 1.4 million test kits for Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, from its Suzhou factory because it lacks a certification required by the new rules

China is an almost irreplaceable supplier, making more than 40% of the world’s imports of masks, gloves, goggles, visors and medical garments

Virginia-based health-care logistics firm Owens & Minor Inc. has a shipment of 2.4 million masks that meet Food and Drug Administration specifications stuck in a warehouse in Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport because the products lack the newly required certification