South Korea customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to South Korea. Items allowed to import is 60 mL of perfume. Prohibited items is Narcotics drugs. Some of restricted items are Agricultural, forest, livestock, fishery, and plant products.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into South Korea
Tobacco
- 200 cigarettes;
- 50 cigars; or
- 250 grams of tobacco.
Other items
- 60 mL of perfume.
- Duty-free purchases must not exceed US$600.
- Other personal items worth up to US$400.
Prohibited items into South Korea
- Narcotics drugs.
- Weaponry such as guns (including simulated ones), swords, crossbows, bullets, chemicals, and poisonous or radioactive materials.
- Items which infringe upon intellectual property rights.
- Counterfeit money.
- Books, pictures, movies, and other media which may cause harm to the national constitution, public peace, and social customs.
Restricted items into South Korea
- Agricultural, forest, livestock, fishery, and plant products.
- Animal and plant species and their derivative products as outlined by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will require permissions from CITES. For more information seeConfirmation of Required Conditions for Export and Import.
- All pets are subject to importation requirements, and some may be prohibited. For further information, please visit the Animal and Plant Quarantine AgencyExport/Import Quarantine & Inspection.
South Korea travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from South Korea
No rules presentProhibited items from South Korea
- All items on the prohibited to import list.
Restricted items from South Korea
- Luxury watches, cameras, jewellery, gems, fur, and A-level golf clubs.
- Foreign currency and Korean won exceeding the value of US$10,000 must be declared.
- High priced items that have been declared upon entry need to be declared upon exit.
- Articles specified by other laws and regulations, such as cultural assets.
- Gold which is not part of personal jewellery such as gold bars must be declared.
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