	japan alerts gatt to south korea import plan japan told the general agreement on tariffs and  that south korea s five year import diversification plan violated the spirit of the world  governing body a foreign ministry spokesman said the notification came in japan s answer to a recent gatt questionnaire on unfair  practices the spokesman said in the five year plan which starts this year south korea aims to reduce its dependency on japan as a source of imported goods and to increase imports from the u s and europe japan s move came after several unsuccessful bilateral negotiations on the plan the spokesman said the notification does not represent anything resembling a formal complaint nor is it intended to pressure south korea it is a routine procedure followed by all other gatt member states reuter 
