Dear Customer(s),

This is for your information.

KOREA - Customs Regulations on Goods Descriptions

A broadcast was sent in September to advise that KR Customs would begin imposing fines from 01/10/12 for wrong / meaningless descriptions of goods, however for a number of reasons this did not come into force.  KR Customs will now start imposing fines from 01/12/12, therefore please ensure compliance with the below requirements -

Please note that Korea customs authorities will impose penalties in cases where wrong descriptions are transmitted to KR customs from 01/12/12
Descriptions entered into systems should be true and clear to avoid any customs penalty.
KR customs will impose penalties in cases such as below, where vague and meaningless/unclear descriptions are provided.

1)  Numbers or alphabetic characters are unacceptable as descriptions, e.g. 0, 1, 11, 123 , A, AA, AAA, ACC, etc.

2) Special character words are unacceptable as descriptions, e.g. 1, @, #, $, %, &, *, ^ , etc.

3) Meaningless words are unacceptable as descriptions, e.g.  Sample, Parts, Accessory, Goods, Gift, Products, Article, Material, Present, etc.

For details of this and all other clearance related broadcasts, please visit the dedicated Customs Broadcasts expressnet page below:

http://expressnet.tnt.com/content/intranet/en_wn/site/home/Customs/Broadcasts.html

With Warm Regards,

Team,BMC