美國政府再次延期執行對中興出口限制

Chinese telecoms equipment group ZTE said on November 18 that it has won a further reprieve until February 27, 2017 on export restrictions that were imposed on the company by the U.S. government.

中國電信設備集團中興於11月18日表示，已成功使美國政府對該公司實施的出口限制延期到2017年2月27日。

In March this year, the U.S. Commerce Department hit ZTE with some of the toughest-ever U.S. export restrictions for allegedly breaking sanctions against Iran.

今年3月，美國商務部對中興公司實施了堪稱美國史上最嚴厲的出口限制，理由是中興違反了美國對伊朗實施的出口禁令。

If imposed, a ban for U.S. component makers and software firms to do business with ZTE could cut off much of the Chinese network equipment and smartphone maker's supply chain.

如果出口限制生效，那麼美國零部件製造商和軟件公司將不得與中興展開業務往來，這將切斷大部分中國網絡設備和智能手機制造商的供應鏈。

The latest reprieve comes after ZTE said this week it had appointed Matthew Bell as its new chief export compliance officer based in the U.S.

在中興公司宣佈任命馬修·貝爾出任其駐美首席出口合規官之後，他們又一次獲得了延緩執行該禁令的結果。

ZTE added that it will continue to cooperate with the relevant U.S. government departments to reach a final solution on the matter and comply strictly with relevant U.S. laws.

中興方面還表示，該公司將繼續與美國政府相關部門合作，爭取在這一問題上達成最終解決方案，並嚴格遵守美國的相關法律。

ZTE's Hong Kong shares closed down 1.9 percent on November 18, and are down 35 percent for the year to date due to uncertainty over export restrictions.

中興集團香港股市股價於11月18日收盤下跌1.9％，由於受到出口限制這個不確定性因素的影響，中興股價今年迄今已經累計下跌了35%。