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Secondhand goods export markets to be expanded to make up for oversupply

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National legislators and environmental experts have called for streamlined policies to promote secondhand exports — particularly smartphones — to meet a surge in global demand, a rise in domestic trade-in programs, and the climate benefits of the reuse of goods.

In addition to tax incentives, they emphasized the need to accelerate the development of standards for secondhand exports to ensure product quality and market credibility.