G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.3  
 
20 July 2020 
(20-4954) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO THE DEC ISION ON NOTIFICATIO N PROCEDURES FOR 
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ( G/L/59/REV.1)   
REPUBLIC  OF KORE A 
Addendum   
The following communication, dated 15 July 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Korea.  
 
A. Notifying Member:  Republic of Korea  
B. Date of notification :   10 July 2020 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/KOR/ 2, 
G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.1 , and G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.2  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in G/MA/QR/N/KOR/ 2/add.2 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in fo rce as of 12 July 2020 
(Filtering respirators ) and 1 July 2020 (Melt Blown filters ) 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
  N/A 
 
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.3  
 
- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for Restriction, 
e.g., Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis and 
entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
restriction  CP-X 6307909000  Filtering respirators ; 
In accordance with 
the Ministry of Food 
and Drug Safety 
Public Notice 
『Designation of the 
scope of quasi -
drugs』, “Filtering 
respirators” means 
products used to 
protect respiratory 
system from 
infectant or harmful 
particulate matter.  Article XI:2(a) of th e GATT  
Article XX(b) of the GATT  
 
 Notification of Ministry of 
Food and Drug Safety 
No.2020 -56 (12 July 2020) 
(in Korean)  
  
http://www.law.go.kr/LSW
/admRulLsInfoP.do?admRu
lSeq=2100000190915  (in 
Korean)  
 Administration: Ministry 
of Food and Drug Safety  
 
Due to the global 
outbreak of COVID -19, 
the relevant measure has 
been adopted with a view 
to preventing a critical 
shortage of surgical 
masks and filtering 
respirators in Korea. 
Filtering respirator 
producers and those who 
have concluded contracts 
with the producers for 
the purpose of 
exportation are allowed 
to export filtering 
respirators on the 
condition that their 
monthly export volume 
does not exceed 50% of 
the monthly average 
production volume of the 
domestic filtering 
respirators in the last two 
months.  This measure 
will remain in effect from 
12 July 2020 to 11 
December  2020. 
Overseas shipments for 
humanitarian purposes 
may be exported after 
consulting with the  
  G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.3  
 
- 3 - QR
No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for Restriction, 
e.g., Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis and 
entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Ministry of Trade, 
Industry and Energy and 
obtaining approval from 
the Ministry of Food and 
Drug Safety.  
2 Export Prohibition  P-X 5603129000  
5603920000  
 Melt Blown filters  
 Article XI :2(a) of the GATT  
Article XX (b) of the GATT  
 Notification of Ministry of 
Trade Industry and Energy 
No. 2020 -104 (01. Jul. 
2020) 
http://www.law.go.kr/adm
RulLsInfoP.do?admRulSeq
=2100000190667  (in 
Korean)  
 The relevant measure 
has been adopted with a 
view to preventing a 
critical shortage of masks 
in Korea. The effective 
period of this measure 
has been changed as 
follows : this measure will 
remain in effect from 6 
March 2020 to 5 Aug ust 
2020.  
 
 
 
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