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No.	Legislation title	Status	Latest notification	Product categories
1	Foreign Trade Act	Published: Updated: 27.01.2016 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Advanced bio-medicine and human cells Agricultural fertilizer Aircraft parts Animals and animal products Aquatic and marine animals, plants and their products Biological resources Breeding stocks, semen, ovum, fertilized egg for the purpose of artificial insemination Certified products labelled as organic, organic processed foods that have obtained equivalency recognition Chemical products and biocides Chemical substances Children's products Controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol Cosmetics Defense materials Drugs, drug substances, quasi-drugs Efficiency management machinery, equipment or materials Electrical appliances, consumer products, packaging for children's products Feed Film, video, video game and music content Firearms, swords and explosives Food products Genetic resources Grain Harmful substances (e.g. yellow phosphorous matches, benzidine) Hazardous wastes High pressure gas, container and facilities, gas appliances Human tissue Hygiene products Kitchen waste grinders Legal measuring instruments Liquor Livestock products Medical devices Motor vehicles and construction machineries Motor vehicles tire, motor vehicles, etc. Narcotics New chemical substances (e.g. chemical elements, radioactive substances) Nuclear materials Persistent organic pollutants Pesticides Petroleum, petroleum products Plants, pests, containers and packaging for containing or wrapping plants, soil Radio, telecommunication and EMC equipment Raw timbers, timber products Recycling products Resources used in electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles Safeguarding measures, harmful or hazardous equipment, protective equipment Seeds Silkworm eggs Source material, by-products from processing Specific chemicals, biological agents (pathogens for humans, animals and plants) and toxins Tobacco Wastes Water products Wildlife	More Details
4	Foreign Trade Management Regulation	Published: Updated: Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Advanced bio-medicine and human cells Agricultural fertilizer Aircraft parts Animals and animal products Aquatic and marine animals, plants and their products Biological resources Breeding stocks, semen, ovum, fertilized egg for the purpose of artificial insemination Certified products labelled as organic, organic processed foods that have obtained equivalency recognition Chemical products and biocides Chemical substances Children's products Controlled substances under the Montreal Protocol Cosmetics Defense materials Drugs, drug substances, quasi-drugs Efficiency management machinery, equipment or materials Electrical appliances, consumer products, packaging for children's products Feed Film, video, video game and music content Firearms, swords and explosives Food products Genetic resources Grain Harmful substances (e.g. yellow phosphorous matches, benzidine) Hazardous wastes High pressure gas, container and facilities, gas appliances Human tissue Hygiene products Kitchen waste grinders Legal measuring instruments Liquor Livestock products Medical devices Motor vehicles and construction machineries Motor vehicles tire, motor vehicles, etc. Narcotics New chemical substances (e.g. chemical elements, radioactive substances) Nuclear materials Persistent organic pollutants Pesticides Petroleum, petroleum products Plants, pests, containers and packaging for containing or wrapping plants, soil Radio, telecommunication and EMC equipment Raw timbers, timber products Recycling products Resources used in electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles Safeguarding measures, harmful or hazardous equipment, protective equipment Seeds Silkworm eggs Source material, by-products from processing Specific chemicals, biological agents (pathogens for humans, animals and plants) and toxins Tobacco Wastes Water products Wildlife	More Details
38	Game Industry Promotion Act	Published: Updated: 11.12.2018 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Film, video, video game and music content	More Details
18	Grain Management Act	Published: Updated: 21.03.2017 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Grain	More Details
31	Health Functional Foods Act	Published: 26.08.2002 Updated: 21.05.2014 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Food products	More Details
6	High Pressure Gas Safety Control Act	Published: 12.12.1996 Updated: Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	High pressure gas, container and facilities, gas appliances	More Details
35	Hygiene Products Control Act	Published: 18.04.2017 Updated: 18.04.2017 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Hygiene products	More Details
42	Liquor Tax Act	Published: Updated: 19.12.2017 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Liquor	More Details
20	Livestock Industry Act	Published: Updated: 21.03.2017 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Breeding stocks, semen, ovum, fertilized egg for the purpose of artificial insemination	More Details
33	Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act	Published: 20.01.1962 Updated: 30.04.2019 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/KOR/14	Livestock products	More Details