Dear Friends and Customers,

This is to inform you of the requirement to report Steel HTSUS numbers 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 for steel origin South Korea, you must provide the valid and properly executed Korea Iron and Steel Association (KOSA) Certificate of Export. The Importer / Filer can obtain the Certificate from the Korean Exporter only.

Republic of Korea Country of Origin articles that are subject to the export certification requirement may not be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption except upon presentation of a valid and properly executed certification of export.

Effective 8/1/2019, KOSA Certificates of Export provide for a 9 digit number in the section 15 field of the Export Certificates.  Filers or Importer holding a 2019 KOSA Export Certificate without the 9 digit number in the section 15 field should have their Exporter contact the website for the Korea Iron and Steel Association (KOSA) at http:sq.kosa.or.kr/ for the 9 digit number.

Please contact us if you have any questions at compliance.clx@rljones.com

Sincerely,

RL Jones

Steel Korea