South Korea Urges China to Resolve Urea Customs Clearance Amid Export Delays

China has reportedly blocked the export of urea to South Korea without giving any reason.
South Korea Urges China to Resolve Urea Customs Clearance Amid Export Delays
The flags of China and South Korea are displayed side-by-side during the Closing Ceremony at Haixinsha Square on day fifteen of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 27, 2010. Feng Li/Getty Images
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South Korea has called on China to promptly resolve a urea customs clearance issue after local companies reported experiencing delays in receiving supplies of the material from China owing to customs procedures.

China recently blocked the export of urea—a type of nitrogen used as fertilizer in agriculture and to curb diesel and industrial emissions—to South Korea without giving any reason, Yonhap News Agency reported.