Japan & Korea
Япония и Корея · 2 countries · 45 producers · no sanctions entries mentioning region
Two of the world's largest metals-refining hubs by capacity (POSCO steel, Sumitomo/Mitsubishi/JX copper and nickel). TOCOM (Tokyo Commodity Exchange) for precious and rubber, JOGMEC for state stockpiling. Tightening export controls on semiconductor and EV-battery materials aligned with US.
Primary sources: OSE/TOCOM precious metals · JOGMEC mineral resources
Producers in region
45 entries from TSM producer directory (cross-referenced with company IR pages, HKEX, SEC, ASX, LSE filings). Expand a metal to see members.
Exchanges
Tracked in TSM exchange registry. Currency in region: JPY Japanese Yen · KRW South Korean Won.
Regulators
- METI — Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry · primary site
- JOGMEC — Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security · primary site
- JFSA — Japan Financial Services Agency · primary site
- MOTIE — South Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy · primary site
- FSC Korea — South Korea Financial Services Commission · primary site
Key export-control regimes
Outbound restrictions issued by regulators in this region. Cross-regional matrix: /export-controls/.
- 23 categories of semiconductor equipment / advanced materials — Foreign Exchange & Foreign Trade Act amendment, effective 2023-07-23 · official notice
- Korea strategic items list (battery cathode materials) — Strategic Materials Control Act, effective 2023-08-01 · official notice
- METI export-control reinforcement — semiconductor manufacturing equipment (incl. tantalum etching) — licence required (Foreign Exchange & Foreign Trade Act), effective 2023-07-23 · official notice
- Japan rare-earth diversification policy (post-2010 China embargo response) — policy / national stockpile (JOGMEC), effective 2011-01-01 · official notice
- Korea Critical Minerals Strategy — 33 metals national stockpile (KOMIR) — national strategy + stockpiling, effective 2023-02-27 · official notice
Sanctions-issuing bodies
Daily-tracked feeds in TSM sanctions watch.
No sanctions-issuing body based in this region.
Port operators in region
2 commodity-relevant ports. Operator / parent / stake / concession dates mirror what each issuer publicly discloses (annual reports, IR pages, HKEx/NSE/SEC filings). TSM does not classify ownership — only links to the primary source for every row.
| Port | Country | Operator | Parent | Stake | Since | Until | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busan | South Korea | Busan Port Authority (state) + PSA-operated HPNT (Pier 1) + DP World PNC (Pier 2, 66.03%) + PSA PNIT (Pier 4, 50%) | Busan Port Authority / PSA International / DP World plc (KR) · state / private / private | — | 2006 | — | primary → |
| Onsan (Ulsan) | South Korea | Ulsan Port Authority | Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea (KR) | 100% | 2005 | — | primary → |
Primary annual-report and IR sources tracked: COSCO Shipping Ports (HKEx 1199), China Merchants Port (HKEx 144), DP World, Adani Ports (NSE ADANIPORTS), PSA International, APM Terminals (via A.P. Møller-Mærsk), Hutchison Ports (HKEx 0001 CK Hutchison).
Region on map
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