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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: Getting food items past Korean customs |
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| I want my family to ship me a carton of Reese's peanut butter cups. Nothing alive, raw or fresh, just a big box of processed peanut goodness. I know others have written that the food contents of their packages were declared on the form and went by customs just fine, but would there be a problem with getting a carton of this product past them? |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think so. My family has sent my in-laws packages of hershey's kisses and hershey's nuggets with the nuts and fillings inside. I don't see why a package of reese's would be any different. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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I'm thinking of a huge box like this.
Maybe customs will think I'm going to try to resell them or something. |
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highstreet
Joined: 13 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i had 50 sent to me along with a bunch of other snacks. parents just wrote used clothes on the label (there were clothes in the package also) |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Caffeinated wrote: |
I'm thinking of a huge box like this.
Maybe customs will think I'm going to try to resell them or something. |
Hard to say, I have seen them in black markets so you never know. |
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ajosshi
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: ajosshi.com
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Getting food items past Korean customs |
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Caff, I just sent a big box of stuff to Korea. On the customs declaration part, I wrote, "Chocolate, Nuts, Candies, and Chips." It got there w/o immi messing with the package.
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| I want my family to ship me a carton of Reese's peanut butter cups. Nothing alive, raw or fresh, just a big box of processed peanut goodness. I know others have written that the food contents of their packages were declared on the form and went by customs just fine, but would there be a problem with getting a carton of this product past them? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: Getting food items past Korean customs |
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| Caffeinated wrote: |
| I want my family to ship me a carton of Reese's peanut butter cups. Nothing alive, raw or fresh, just a big box of processed peanut goodness. I know others have written that the food contents of their packages were declared on the form and went by customs just fine, but would there be a problem with getting a carton of this product past them? |
There is NO problem importing a small quantity (1 box) of "processed" foods (candy) into Korea.
They might look at you strange (still legal if under your duty free allowance ($400)) if you were importing a case lot (144-288 pieces) but not a simple box (24 portions).
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Well, there'll be two boxes (regular and dark chocolate)  mixed in with various items so it looks like I need not worry. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Fresh fruits and meats aren't permitted. You are OK to carry or ship in candy and roasted nut products like peanut butter. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Fresh fruits and meats aren't permitted. You are OK to carry or ship in candy and roasted nut products like peanut butter. |
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