[Background]

To protect the domestic market from global oversupply and the influx of unfairly traded imported goods, the government is pursuing the institutionalization of the requirement to attach a Mill Test Certificate (MTC) during the import of steel products, enabling the verification of product quality and the country of crude steel origin.

*MTC (Mill Test Certificate): Specifies quality information, such as the country of crude steel origin and performance of the steel product, and is issued with the shipment.

This requirement serves as a means to verify the integrity of import declarations and the existence of circumvention, and is a minimally necessary measure to confirm the country of crude steel origin and product quality in response to the influx of unfairly traded steel imports.

[Main Points]

Institutionalization of attaching a Mill Test Certificate when filing import declarations for steel products.