Importers of raw materials for export purposes are granted preferential treatments in terms of customs clearing, foreign exchange transactions and financing. However, this favor is based on the premise that the raw materials should be used for export purposes later. Therefore, the Management is conducted to ensure that importers comply with the conditions.
Items subject to the Management
Applicable items
Restricted items under an export-import announcement and items restricted for import to correct the trade imbalances among nations (Items subject to the "Import Source Diversification" System)
Items restricted for import under industry damage inspection
Items manufactured and processed in Korea using the above items
However, the following cases shall be exempted from the Management
Items imported under import approval before import declaration among items restricted for import under an export-import announcement. However, agricultural and fisheries products. or items subject to import approval for foreign currency acquisition mentioned in the attached 4-1 of regulations for foreign trade shall be excluded.
Cases where applicable items are manufactured and processed and supplied through local L/C or purchase approval documents and the items are not restricted for imports under an export-import announcement.
The Materials carried in bonded factories and warehouses
A person required to comply with foreign currency acquisition obligation (hereinafter the Person)
The term "a person required to comply with foreign currency acquisition obligation" means a person who is obligated to export the items made from the Materials.
The Management procedure
Designation of a bank in charge of the Management
In the case of agricultural and fisheries products, institutions in charge of the Management are as follows:
1)  the head of an administrative body in charge of the supervision of the products;
2)  the head of an institution appointed by 1);
3)  In other cases except for agricultural and fisheries products, the head of an institution which approved
the import of the Materials designated by the Person. In the case of autonomously managed companies, the heads of the companies shall take the responsibilities..
Import procedure
Import approval
The head of an institution in charge of import approval for the Materials shall confirm whether an application is filled out in a proper manner.
[Checking point]
An institution in charge of the Management of the Person (In the case of proxy import, an institution
Agricultural and fisheries products or items subject to import approval for foreign currency acquisition mentioned in the attached form 4-1 of regulations for foreign trade
Import clearance
For the import clearance of the Materials, an importer shall submit three reports of import clearance details of the Materials to the head of customs office. The head checks the reports and submit one of them to an importer or a consignor. Another report shall be submitted to the head of an institution in charge of the Management within 7 days after import declaration is made. In the case of the import of autonomously managed companies, the head submits one of the reports only to the importer.
Declaration of import clearance
A person who imported or purchased the Materials must fill out import (purchase) declaration of the Materials (the attached form 4-6) on a quarterly basis and notify the head of an institution in charge of the Management within 20 days after the end of each quarter.
Filling out of the Management card
After receiving the reports and declaration of supply implementation, the head of an institution in charge of the Management shall undertake the following steps: 1) check the forms by the Person and on the order of the day when import declaration was received; 2) write down the total quantity and amount of imported or purchased materials by HS 10 units in the card (Form 4-7) every quarter.
Filling out and submitting of declaration of export implementation
Declaration of foreign currency acquisition A person required to comply with foreign currency acquisition obligation shall go through the following procedures :
1. Fulfill his or her liability for foreign currency acquisition
2. Fill out declaration of foreign currency acquisition (Form 4-8) and submit the declaration together with the following documents to the head of an institution in charge of the Management within three months after the day when exported goods are downloaded or the day of foreign currency receipt.
In case a person declares compliance with foreign currency acquisition in a different name from the one in a certificate of export declaration, documents verifying the relations between the two shall be submitted (local L/C, purchase approval, export agent contract document or purchase contract document)
[Required documents for declaration of foreign currency acquisition]
A certificate of export declaration or a certificate of foreign currency receipt
A certificate of the required quantity or a tally sheet of the required quantity
A ready reckoner and a tabulation
Filling out of a foreign currency acquisition implementation card Upon receiving a declaration, the head of an institution in charge of the Management compares the quantity of raw materials in declaration of foreign currency acquisition with a the Management implementation card for the Materials, strike a balance and write down the result on the back side of a certificate of export declaration or a certificate of foreign currency receipt.
The Management of raw materials processed in Korea
Declaration of supply implementation
A person who supplied raw materials processed from imported materials for foreign currency acquisition should go through the following procedures:
1)  receive the acceptor's seal or a receipt in three declarations of supply implementation
(the attached form 4-9);
2)  attach the documents below;
3)  submit them to the head of an institution in charge of the Management within three months after the day when the payment was made.
[Attached documents for declaration of supply implementation]
Local L/C or purchase approval
A certificate of the required quantity or a tally sheet of the required quantity
A ready reckoner and a tabulation
An institution in charge of the Management shall take the following measures :
Upon receiving a declaration, an institution in charge of the Management compares the quantity of raw materials in a declaration of foreign currency acquisition with a the Management implementation card for the Materials, strike a balance and write down the result of the Management on the back side of local L/C, etc.
The head of the institution shall affix a seal to a declaration of supply implementation for itself and the acceptor and notify the bank in charge of the Management of the acceptor immediately.
The method of the Management
Materials are aggregated by items (based on HS 10 unit) on a quarterly basis. Namely, the required quantity for export implementation is deducted from the quantity of imported materials.
Exceptions of the method of the Management
Same items are managed in the same manner even though their HS numbers are different.
Zippers are managed by the total length by HS 10 unit every quarter