No. 21065
Promulgation Date 2025-10-01
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Principle of free and fair trade)
Article 4 (Measures for promotion of trade)
Article 5 (Restrictions on trade and other special measures)
Article 6 (Consultation concerning statutes on trade)
CHAPTER II PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE
Article 7 (Establishment of implementation plans for promotion of international commerce)
Article 8 (Support for cooperative activities by private sector)
Article 8-2 (Designation of and support for specialized trading company)
Article 9 (Submission of data for implementation of treaty concerning trade)
CHAPTER III EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION
SECTION 1 General Provisions for Exportation and Importation
Article 10 (Principles of exportation and importation)
Article 11 (Restrictions on exportation and importation)
Article 12 (Consolidated public announcement)
Article 13 (Recognition of specific forms of trade)
Article 14 (Confirmation of goods eligible for exemption from export or import approval)
Article 15 (Establishment of platform for scientific processing of trade affairs)
SECTION 2 Importation and Purchase of Raw Materials or Equipment for Earning Foreign Exchanges
Article 16 (Import approval for raw materials and equipment for earning foreign currencies)
Article 17 (Use of materials or equipment imported for earning foreign currencies for any purpose other than originally intended purpose)
Article 18 (Issuance of purchase certificate)
SECTION 3 Exportation or Importation of Strategic Items
Article 19 (Strategic items)
Article 19-2 (Export license)
Article 19-3 (Catch-all license)
Article 19-4 (Transit or transshipment license)
Article 19-5 (Brokerage license)
Article 19-6 (Examination of license)
Article 19-7 (Revocation of license)
Article 20 (Specialized determination)
Article 20-2 (Self-determination)
Article 21 (Order for suspension of movement)
Article 22 (Self-compliance traders)
Article 22-2 (Adjustment of rating, and revocation of designation, of self-compliance traders)
Article 23 (Public notice of exportation and importation of strategic items)
Article 24 (Information system for management of exportation and importation of strategic items)
Article 24-2 Deleted.
Article 25 (Establishment of Korean Security Agency of Trade and Industry)
Article 26 (Council for Control of Exportation and Importation of Strategic Items)
Article 27 (Import certificate)
Article 28 (Keeping documents)
Article 29 (Confidentiality)
Article 30 (Restrictions on exportation and importation of strategic items)
Article 31
SECTION 4 Export of Plants
Article 32 (Facilitation of exportation of plants)
SECTION 5 Export Contracts Between Governments
Article 32-2 (Guarantees and principles of export contracts between governments)
Article 32-3 (Agency exclusively responsible for export contracts between governments)
Article 32-4 (Deliberative Committee on export contracts between governments)
Article 32-5 (Responsibilities of domestic companies)
CHAPTER III-2 MARKING OF ORIGIN
Article 33 (Marking of origin of exported or imported goods)
Article 33-2 (Corrective orders for violations of obligation to mark origin)
Article 34 (Assessment of origin)
Article 35 (Criteria for assessment of origin of domestically produced goods using imported materials)
Article 36 (Submission of certificate of origin of imported goods)
Article 37 (Issuance of certificate of origin)
Article 38 (Prohibition of misrepresenting foreign goods as domestic goods)
CHAPTER IV LIMITATIONS ON QUANTITY OF IMPORTS
Article 39 (Limitations on quantity of imports)
Article 40 (Extension of limitations on quantity of imports)
Article 41 Deleted.
CHAPTER V MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ORDER IN EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION
Article 42 Deleted.
Article 43 (Prohibition of manipulation in pricing exported or imported goods)
Article 44 (Expeditious settlement of trade disputes between traders)
Article 45 (Mediation of disputes arising from preshipment inspection)
Article 46 (Order for adjustment)
CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 47 (Hearing)
Article 48 (Reporting and inspection)
Article 49 (Order to take training courses)
Article 50 (Relationship to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act)
Article 51 (Relationship to the National Security Act)
Article 52 (Delegation and entrustment of authority)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 53 (Penalty provisions)
Article 53-2 (Penalty provisions)
Article 54 (Penalty provisions)
Article 55 (Attempts)
Article 56 (Criminal negligence)
Article 57 (Joint penalty provisions)
Article 58 (Legal fiction as public officials in application of penalty provisions)
Article 59 (Administrative fines)
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