FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS — customs regulations

Korea Customs Service will impose tax on all items that are declared on the same date and that exceed the $150 duty-free allowance,even if each item does not exceed the duty exemption limit.For example, you used our services to mail in an $80 item to Korea and around the same time,you used a different shipping company to mail a $90 item. If the two items arrive in Korea on different dates, they will be cleared right away and you will not have to pay tax. But by chance,if the two items arrive on the same day, Korea Customs Service will...

As many of our customers have no knowledge about the change, we will do our best to explain the new regulations.   Korea Customs Service uses two methods when clearing items – general clearance and list-based clearance.     1) General clearance (complicated method)   General clearance applies to items that fall under  HS Code 01-31 / 33 / 41 / 43-47 / 77 / 93.  Google HS Code for more information.   Major items include  edibles, food ingredients, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, etc.   Alien registration number (ARN) or passport number must be submitted to customs for the aforementioned items...