ANNOUNCEMENT 26 Mar 2009

In March 2009, the government of Republic of Korea announced an altered import quota.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



Press Release, '09 ', Ministry of Strategy and Finance, http://www.mosf.go.kr/news/news02.jsp?boardType=general&hdnBulletRunno=62&cvbnPath=&sub_category=&hdnFlag=&cat=&hdnDiv=&select=subject&date_start=2009-02-26&date_end=2009-12-31&&actionType=view&runno=4002326&hdnTopicDate=2009-03-27&hdnPage=30


Inception date: 27 Mar 2009 | Removal date: 25 Dec 2009

Import quota

On 26 March 2009, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance announced that it will increase the market access quotas (MAQs) for 12 agricultural products including corn, corn products, strarches, soybeans and soybean meal by a total of 6.2 million tons. The measure will be in effect from 27 March 2009 until the quotas are filled.
 
According to the ministry, the purpose of these revisions is to ensure that there is sufficient within quota access for these specific products in order to minimize local food and feed prices.
 
For the exact items, changes in quota, tariffs, we refer to Appendix() 1 of this document.
 

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
011 014 017 019 213 231 232 233 391

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
071239 071290 071310 071331 071332 071333 071339 100510 100590 110423 110812 110813 110814 110819 120110 120190 120721 120729 120740 120750 120799 121410 121490 230800 230910 230990 350510
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