Recently, many foreign traders complained online that they suffered losses by taking international shipping to South Korea. What is going on? Is international shipping to South Korea really that troublesome? Later, I heard the foreign trader’s remarks and realized that there were so many things to pay attention to when sending international shipping to South Korea. Today, Baiyun.com has compiled it for your reference, hoping it will be helpful to you.
1) Under normal circumstances, customs clearance cannot be carried out in South Korea in private name, unless the person has real estate, hotels, shops, etc. in South Korea, can provide a business license!
2) The weight of containers to South Korea should not exceed 25 tons of net weight. If it exceeds 25 tons, customs in South Korea will be inspected. The weight of road trailers in South Korea is generally limited to the weight of small cabinets with net weight of 17 tons, and large cabinets with 23 tons
3) The shipping to Jeju Island, South Korea, there is no direct ship, so you can only send it to Busan, South Korea for barges
4) Due to trade restrictions on China by some countries, some companies want to send the goods to South Korea for certificates of origin, which is not feasible.
South Korea cannot provide fake certificates of origin and certificates of origin. Only goods that are truly produced in South Korea can provide certificates of origin.
can be transferred through South Korea, but it is impossible to require a certificate of origin!
5) Incheon, South Korea is divided into Incheon Old Port, Incheon New Port, and Jingin Port. Many Korean buyers do not like to send goods to Incheon Jingin Port because the towing fee is relatively high!
6) Seoul, South Korea is not a port or an international airport. The nearest port and airport to Seoul, South Korea is Incheon Airport. 7 Incheon, South Korea is divided into Incheon Old Port, Incheon New Port, and Jingin Port. Many Korean buyers do not like to ship goods to Incheon Jingin Port because the towing fee is relatively high!
7) There is a characteristic of goods sent from China to South Korea: that is, bills of lading, and the invoice of box lists must be provided to Korean customers in a timely manner.
The characteristics of shipping from China to South Korea are: as long as you book a cabin in the departure port, you can receive a notice from the shipping company in South Korea. At this time, Korean customers, Korean freight forwarders and Korean logistics companies need to declare EDI at the South Korean customs. If you only provide the corresponding documents after arriving at the port, the South Korean customs will charge a fine, and the fine is generally 100-150 US dollars per time.
So the goods to South Korea must be provided with the corresponding documents to South Korean customers when booking at the departure port!
8) If you enter EDI in South Korea, you must provide the business license of the Korean buyer
. Therefore, be sure to display the detailed contact information of the Korean buyer on the bill of lading, otherwise the business license number of the Korean buyer cannot be entered in time, and a fine will be generated.
9) South Korea can conduct pre-custom clearance, which means that Korean buyers can declare customs clearance in advance before the goods arrive in South Korea. If it is a company that imports frequently, pre-custom-clearance is carried out in advance. Once the goods arrive at the Korean port, they can be cleared and picked up. The goods will be picked up on the same day after customs clearance is completed on the same day!
10) The goods sent to Korea are for direct contact with human skin or food, and you must provide China's hygiene certificate! Otherwise, customs clearance will not be possible in South Korea!
11) If the goods have been sent to South Korea and want to return the goods due to quality reasons or Korean buyers, be sure to have the consent form of the Korean buyer, otherwise the return cannot be handled!
12) Dangerous goods cannot be sent to Incheon, South Korea, mainly to Busan, South Korea and Ulsan Port, South Korea!
13) South Korea's customs duties are not fixed according to customs code query. There is a VAT in South Korea that is fixed at 10%. This is the value-added tax that must be paid for goods to South Korea! It is also called consumption tax in South Korea.
14) Goods to South Korea can receive bills of lading and re-sign!
In order to catch up with the delivery date of the letter of credit, the main order is the shipping date of January 1, and you can make a reverse signing of the freight forwarding bill of lading HBL on December 31.
15) You can do Switch Bill in South Korea, which is called converting bills of lading, which is generally for tripartite trade.
If the intermediary is in South Korea (trading company), when the actual shipment is in Tianjin and Japan, the intermediary wants to issue a bill of lading, it can be achieved from South Korea to Japan!
16) In South Korea, it is possible to conceal the information of the shipper, which is mainly aimed at tripartite trade.
For example, your company is a middleman, the actual supplier is in South Korea, and the buyer is in Japan.You don’t want Japanese buyers to know Korean sellers, nor do you want Korean sellers to know Japanese buyers. You just want them to know you, the middleman, which can be used to conceal the shipper information in South Korea.
17) There is no gray customs clearance in South Korea. All customs clearance must be followed by formal channels. There is no other way!
18) When booking a Korean ISO TANK box, you must provide a can certificate, can number, and MSDS. If you provide a cleaning report, you can collect 2 types of dangerous goods from ISO TANK box from South Korea to China.
or above is all the content shared by Baiyun.com for you in this issue. If you still have any international logistics service needs, please consult Baiyun.com’s official customer service.
