일본, '백색국가서 한국 제외' 시행령 공포…28일부터 수출절차 까다로워져<br /><br />Our top story this evening.....Japan has announced the details of the new regulations that will take effect later this month when Korea is taken off Japan's so-called whitelist of trading partners.<br />But unlike expected, it did not specify which items will be subject to individual export approval as of August 28th, when the new regulations are set to take effect.<br />Hong Yoo tells us more.<br />Japan's detailed enforcement of export regulations includes its decision last Friday to exclude South Korea from the so-called whitelist of preferential trading partners.<br />These new regulations will come into effect after 21 days.<br />This means that some items out of the 1100 strategic materials that can be used for military purposes will not benefit from a simplified inspection process.<br />And non-regulated items could also be subject to separate approval and will have to go through a long process of export approval by Japan's trade ministry, should Japan consider that they could be used to make weapons.<br />High-purity hydrogen fluoride, photoresist and fluorine polyimide, the three semiconductor and display materials under Japan's export restrictions, fall under this category.<br />Japan also announced a new system of classifying trade partners into groups A to D.<br />Under the new system, countries included on the whitelist will be classified into group A in which Japan's regulated items benefit from a separate screening exemption if they get approval from Japan's trade ministry once every three years.<br />South Korea is categorized into group B and will have to go through a more difficult process of export approval.<br />But even for countries in group B, some items get special general comprehensive authorization so they can benefit from a screening exemption.<br />Special general comprehensive authorization is given to Japanese companies selected by the Japanese government for their approved export management.<br />Countries categorized into group D are those that Japan's trade ministry judges to have low credibility like North Korea and Iraq.<br />Hong Yoo, Arirang News.<br />
