Send Ivory & CITES-Listed Items → 🇰🇷 South Korea
Can I post Ivory & CITES-Listed Items to South Korea?
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into South Korea.
Required at the destination customs authority
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Initial classification only — pending editorial verification. Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal / courier import into South Korea under the customs authority's published parcel-prohibition list. Postal items found in transit are typically seized at the destination international mail centre and the addressee may be issued a notice of seizure; depending on quantity and product class, additional administrative or criminal liability may apply. Mailers should consult Korea Customs Service (KCS) before dispatch.
Do not mail Ivory & CITES-Listed Items to South Korea. Korea Customs Service (KCS) screens international parcels and seizes prohibited items. If you have already dispatched, contact the carrier to recall before customs clearance.
Korea Post and the Korea Customs Service (KCS) jointly clear international inbound mail at the Incheon International Mail Centre. Personal-import parcels under USD 150 (FOB value) clear duty-free under the de minimis rule; above USD 150, 8% customs duty plus 10% VAT applies, computed on CIF + duty. Goods on the national prohibition list (counterfeit branded goods, narcotics, weapons, dual-use items, North Korean origin) are seized without compensation. Tobacco, alcohol, and cosmetics have separate quantity-based duty rules. KCS's UNI-PASS e-clearance portal handles all declarations; consignees must respond within 30 days to clearance notices to avoid the parcel being declared abandoned.
Sending Ivory & CITES-Listed Items to other countries
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇺🇸 United States
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into United States.
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into United Kingdom.
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇨🇦 Canada
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into Canada.
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇦🇺 Australia
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into Australia.
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into New Zealand.
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items
🇹🇭 Thailand
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items is generally prohibited from postal import into Thailand.