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The Japanese government has approved a local company to export a batch of semiconductor industrial material hydrogen fluoride to South Korea.
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 16th that the Japanese government recently gave a green light to a Japanese company to export hydrogen fluoride to South Korea.
This is the first time Japan has approved the export of hydrogen fluoride since it took export control measures against South Korea in July this year.
On July 4, the Japanese government imposed export controls on fluorinated polyimide, photoresist and high-purity hydrogen fluoride on South Korea, and will no longer include South Korea in the "white list" of countries that have received trade facilitation at the end of August.
The above three products are important raw materials in the manufacturing of electronic products such as integrated circuit chips and smartphones.
According to the new Japanese regulations, Japanese companies need to apply for export licenses to South Korea for each contract, and the government approval time can be up to 90 days.
South Korea believes that Japan is retaliating economically because it is dissatisfied with a South Korean court ruling that Japanese companies compensate South Korean workers who were forcibly recruited by Japan during World War II. South
Korea has taken a number of countermeasures, including appealing to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
South Korean officials held talks with Japan in early October to try to bridge differences on export controls.
Such talks are part of the WTO's trade dispute settlement process,
under which South Korea and Japan must first negotiate to resolve the dispute;
if that fails, South Korea can apply for WTO arbitration.
Except for hydrogen fluoride, the other two products were exported in August and September respectively after the control was implemented.
Analysts told Yonhap News Agency that Japan's release of hydrogen fluoride exports to South Korea seems to be an "implicit" statement that Japan's export control is not contrary to the international trade norms of the World Trade Organization.
Japan's export controls on South Korea have affected other areas of bilateral relations, leading to a deepening of the confrontation between the two sides. In
October, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and handed over a handwritten letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The letter mentioned that South Korea and Japan should ease tensions as soon as possible.
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