South Korea
South Korea — K-REACH and Korea RoHS
Korea's Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances, generally called K-REACH, requires registration of chemical substances manufactured or imported above threshold volumes, with duties that commonly fall on a domestic importer or an appointed only representative. Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment are addressed through resource circulation legislation, which pairs substance restrictions with recycling and design requirements. The registration burden is the part most often underestimated, because it attaches to substances inside imported materials rather than only to bulk chemicals.
What it obliges you to do
- Identify who carries the registration duty for your import route
- Register substances above the applicable tonnage thresholds
- Meet EEE substance restrictions under the resource circulation regime
- Maintain hazard communication in the required Korean formats
Latest activity
No machine-readable feed reaches K-REACH yet. We ingest the US Federal Register and legislation.gov.uk; neither carries instruments under this name, and the EU publishers that would — ECHA, EUR-Lex, the Commission — refuse automated requests. The primary sources above are the record to watch. This is a gap in available feeds, not an indication that nothing is changing.
Does K-REACH actually apply to your products?
Scope is the part a summary cannot answer. Send us your product families and target markets and a steward will tell you which obligations attach, what evidence you would need, and what is already covered by declarations you hold.
- A written read on whether K-REACH applies to your range
- The evidence gaps that would surface in an audit
- No obligation, and no sales sequence attached
Not legal advice. This page describes a regulatory framework in general terms and is maintained by people, not generated from the legislature. Requirements change, and scope depends on your product, your role in the supply chain and your markets. Confirm the current consolidated text before acting — or ask us to check it against your portfolio.