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order to bring in the number of urea obtained from other countries and supply it to the market quickly, rapid inspection must be done first. So, the government decided to drastically reduce the inspection period and increase the number of institutions in charge of inspection.



This news was covered by reporter Han Ji-yeon.



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There are two places to inspect the quality of urea water: the Transportation Environment Research Institute and the Korea National Oil Management Institute.



Recently, the number of inspections has increased significantly as supplies from all over the world have gathered at once.



[Traffic Environment Research Institute official: Too many come. There are so many inquiries that I am paralyzed… .]



[Korea National Oil Management Agency official: They say that two years' worth of supplies are coming in within two to three weeks.]



More than 10 cases are received a day, and there are currently 109 cases waiting for the order of inspection.



Even with the introduction of Fast Track, which shortens the inspection period from 20 days to less than 5 days, and additionally dispatching 5 to 6 inspectors, there are limitations.



There is a riot in the market that there is no supply, but it is frustrating for producers who have to wait.



[Urea water producer: When I call, it continues to work. I make an income, but it takes a lot of time. But isn't it possible for manufacturers to produce and ship today? It's a bit frustrating because I'm doing this in the order I received it.]



After designating additional inspection agencies, the government put four institutions on the list: the Korea Environment Corporation, the Chemical Research Institute, and the Chemical Convergence Testing and Research Institute and the Environmental Industry and Technology Institute.



Of these, the Korea Environment Corporation has purchased the equipment and plans to start testing it as soon as it arrives in six weeks.



Because it takes time to prepare, there are voices calling for the work to be entrusted to a private refinery's research institute that meets the qualifications for inspection equipment and manpower, but the government is reluctant.



[Kim Kyung-bae / Transportation Environment Policy Research Institute member: There are quite a few places that I can do right now, and I have all the love of oil.

But you can't leave it to that, national policy quality control.

Then there could be a problem.] As



we were able to foresee the inspection bottleneck enough, some pointed out that it was another delayed response.



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