Export Restrictions: Export and Japan

export restrictions: Other materials that Japan has placed export restrictions on are being approved in a highly restrictive manner, it said, according to The Japan Times. Japan's export curbs on three key materials crucial for manufacturing high-end chips and flexible display took effect July 4. The trade ministry issued a statement Tuesday saying Japan has not approved the export of liquid hydrogen fluoride a highly purified chemical used to refine chips in production to South Korea even though 90 days have passed since a Japanese exporter submitted an application to do so. ; The Japanese government has not approved a single export request after the 90-day review window as it has repeatedly asked for additional documents from the exporters, the South Korean ministry said. Although the 90-day deadline is not stipulated in Japanese law, it's a conventional period of time that Tokyo requires for export approvals, the ministry has said. It is discriminatory that Japan only approves exports of the certain materials on a case-by-case basis. Japan's hardly predictable export controls against Korea have increased uncertainties in supply chain and so substantively affected the operations of companies, the trade ministry's statement says. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.