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Is it a monopoly in certification? Can South Korea certificate its own equipments?
by rguiscard 5y ago
Is it a monopoly in certification? Can South Korea certificate its own equipments?
- marcinzm 5y agoIt's most likely much cheaper for companies to certify once for US+Korea than to have to do so separately for US and Korea. Given that Korea is a smaller nation it's a win for them in terms of imports.
- kijin 5y agoThe language is a bit misleading. Korea acknowledges test results from dozens of domestic and foreign labs. Labs already certified by the US, Canada, or EU are covered by a blanket agreement with the respective jurisdictions, and BACL is one of them. This helps reduce friction when importing/exporting from/to these regions. But the blanket agreement doesn't cover China-based subsidiaries of US-based labs.
- unishark 5y agoKorea can accept whatever certifications it wants. This is Korea refusing to accept the test results performed at the China offices of a US company. "Korea only acknowledges test results from the US-based BACL through an agreement with the United States, and does not recognize tests by the organization’s Chinese offices, the ministry said."