Send Tobacco Cigarettes → 🇰🇷 South Korea
Can I post Tobacco Cigarettes to South Korea?
Tobacco Cigarettes 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. Tobacco Cigarettes 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 Tobacco Cigarettes 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 Tobacco Cigarettes to other countries
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Posting tobacco to New Zealand attracts excise duty and requires a commercial importer licence for trade quantities.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Excise stamps required, duties apply
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🇹🇷 Turkey
High excise duties apply; limited quantities
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🇺🇸 United States
Postal restrictions apply for tobacco cigarettes
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Postal restrictions apply for tobacco cigarettes
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🇦🇺 Australia
Postal restrictions apply for tobacco cigarettes