GEN 1.4   ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF CARGO

1   Customs requirements concerning cargo and other articles

1.1  Arrival Report including List of supplies for aircraft, Passenger list, Crew list, Crew's Effects List and Manifest shall be submitted to Customs without delay after arrival except when approved by Customs, List of supplies for aircraft or Crew's Effects List can be omitted.
1.2  Application including following items and List of cargo on board shall be submitted to Customs for departure.
  1. aircraft type, registration mark and nationality

  2. number of passenger, crew and transit passenger

  3. number of cargo on board and tonne

  4. airport of loading, destination and date/time for departure

1.3  Unless otherwise approved by Customs, Goods shall not be loading and unloading or transhipping before completing arrival process.
1.4  Anyone who want to load and unload or tranship cargo on foreign trade aircraft shall report to Customs and Unless otherwise approved by Customs, this cargo shall be confirmed by Customs
1.5  Anyone who want to load and unload or tranship following goods to/from foreign trade aircraft shall get the permission from Customs.
  1. supplies for aircraft

  2. goods sold in foreign trade aircraft

2   Animal, Animal Products & Plant Quarantine

2.1  Animals and animal products
2.1.1 
2.1.1  All imported animals and animal products are checked whether they are from import-prohibited regions and conform to import health requirements. In the case of animals, only healthy animals which have been certified through clinical inspection and laboratory test while stationed in import quarantine facilities, shall be permitted to be imported.
2.1.2 
2.1.2  Import of animals, and animal products from countries which have had epidemics of African Swine Fever, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Foot and Mouth disease is strictly prohibited. Any passengers who carries concerned articles must indicate them through 'Customs declaration form' and declare them to an animal quarantine officer.
2.1.3 
2.1.3  Failing to declare prohibited articles could result in a fines of up to 10 million KRW
  1. Pork and related livestock products from countries affected by African Swine Fever

    1. 5 million KRW(1st) → 7.5 million KRW(2nd) → 10 million KRW(3rd)

  2. Others

    1. 1 million KRW(1st) → 3 million KRW(2nd) → 5 million KRW(3rd)

2.1.4  Passengers must declare the following articles at the airport
  1. Animals : Dogs, cats, birds, etc.

  2. Livestock Products : Beef, pork, chicken· duck meat, sausage, ham, beef jerky, canned meat, etc

  3. Animal products : Antlers, bones, feathers, etc

  4. Dairy products : Milk, cheese, butter, etc.

  5. Egg and Egg products : Chicken eggs, birds eggs, egg whites, egg powder, etc.

  6. Pet food and snacks, vitamins, etc.

Designated Animal Quarantine Materials

Animals

Animal Products

  1. Cloven hoofed animals(cattle, swine, deer, etc)

  2. Soliped animals(horse, rhinos, etc)

  3. Pet animals

  4. Wild animals and birds(bear, wild duct, etc)

  5. Other mammals(except whales)

  1. Meat(Beef, Pork, Poultry, etc)

  2. Animal products such as raw hides, feathers, animal hair, meat and bone meal, antlers, etc

  3. Feedstuffs, etc

2.1.5  Quarantine for Dogs and Cats
  1. Documents requirement for import quarantine

    1. Animal health certificate issued by the animal health authorities of export country is required for the companion animals(dog·cats) brought into Korea

      - Animal health certificate must clearly provide microchip mumber and rabies antibody neutralization test results(0.5IU/ml≥) (The pets less than 90 days olds or from rabies-free countries are exempted for rabies antibody neutralization test)

      (The pets less than 90 days olds or from rabies-free countries are exempted)

      * Laboratory for rabies antibody neutralization test : Internationally accredited laboratories or the competent authorities of the exporting countries

    2. In the case of importing more than 10 dogs or cats, a permission from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(APQA) is required in advance

    3. An additional certificate is required to import dogs or cats from Australia or Malaysia. Please contact with the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(APQA) first.

  2. Documents requirement for export quarantine

    1. Rabies vaccination certificate or others which comply with importing countries' requirements

    2. As more documents to take your dog or cat to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, EU, etc., may be needed, contact the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(QIA) for further information.

2.2  Plant and plant products
2.2.1  A phytosanitary certificate issued by government authorities of an exporting country is required for import plants or plant products, which are subject to plant quarantine inspection upon arrival.
2.2.2  Any person who imports plants or plant products must declare to the Head of the National Plant Quarantine Organization of Korea and undergo inspection.
2.2.3  Import prohibited items

Plants produced in or plants that passed through areas where pests known to have serious damages to local plants if introduced into Korea are present according to the result of pest risk analysis

  1. Fresh fruits (such as mango and papaya etc.), fresh vegetable fruits, unripe beans, walnuts (except those without shell), paddy seed, sweet potato, chili pepper and potato etc.

  2. Bonsai and nursery stocks of apple tree and grapevine plant

  3. Any live pathogens or pests (including pet insects)

  4. Soil or plants contaminated with soil

  5. Containers or packaging of the above mentioned plants or plant products

    * Import prohibited items will be destroyed or returned to the country of origin.

Aquatic Life Quarantine
2.3  Aquatic Animals & Aquatic Animal Products
3.1.1 
  1. Aquatic life(Including eggs, gametes) for transplantation

  2. Finfish, shellfish and crustaceans for human consumption, ornament, research & investigation among aquatic animal

  3. Frozen or chilled abalones, oysters and shrimps (without any processing such as heating and cutting and so on) among aquatic life products

    * Aquatic Life (Aquatic Animals & Aquatic Plants)

  4. Aquatic Animals : Live finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoidea, holothuroidea, urochorda, polychaeta, echiuroidea, amphibian, trionychidae, cetacea

  5. Aquatic Plants : seaweed plants originated from water

Designated quarantine materials
3.1.2  A health certificate, which has been issued by government authorities of an exporting country and proves that the aquatic life concerned have no risk for spread of pathogen, is required, upon arrival.
3.1.3  A traveler desiring to carry designated quarantine materials into Korea must declare them to an aquatic life quarantine officer upon arrival and get quarantine. In the case of transplantation, it is prohibited to carry them into Korea.
3.1.4  Aquatic life infected with the pathogen of infectious diseases (including diagnostic reagents) are prohibited into Korea and a permission from the director general of National Fishery Products Quality Management Service(NFQS) is required in advance.
3.1  Aquatic Animals & Aquatic Animal Products
3.1.1 
  1. Aquatic life(Including eggs, gametes) for transplantation

  2. Finfish, shellfish and crustaceans for human consumption, ornament, research & investigation among aquatic animal

  3. Frozen or chilled abalones, oysters and shrimps (without any processing such as heating and cutting and so on) among aquatic life products

    * Aquatic Life (Aquatic Animals & Aquatic Plants)

  4. Aquatic Animals : Live finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoidea, holothuroidea, urochorda, polychaeta, echiuroidea, amphibian, trionychidae, cetacea

  5. Aquatic Plants : seaweed plants originated from water

Designated quarantine materials
3.1.2  A health certificate, which has been issued by government authorities of an exporting country and proves that the aquatic life concerned have no risk for spread of pathogen, is required, upon arrival.
3.1.3  A traveler desiring to carry designated quarantine materials into Korea must declare them to an aquatic life quarantine officer upon arrival and get quarantine. In the case of transplantation, it is prohibited to carry them into Korea.
3.1.4  Aquatic life infected with the pathogen of infectious diseases (including diagnostic reagents) are prohibited into Korea and a permission from the director general of National Fishery Products Quality Management Service(NFQS) is required in advance.