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Enigma
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject: Buying stuff online - customs costs? |
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I'm looking at buying a rain jacket and possibly a few other things online from a US or Canadian company and I'm wondering at what price Korean Customs starts applying duties. I thought I read somewhere on here that's it's usually at 150,000won, but I can't remember. Also, is the customs duty applied to the raw cost of the item itself, or do they look at the total cost (i.e. product + taxes + shipping)? I'd just prefer to not go over the threshold and get an unexpected tax bill from them.
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Items over $120 US (150,000W) are subject to custom fees. I believe it can be taxed up to 18% of the declared cost + shipping, depending on the items and the custom agent dealing with it. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Some companies are aware of the extra duty charges and therefore will fudge the numbers on the reciept taped to the box being shipped.
There's one inparticular that I always ordered from. They were great for that. I'll PM you the name of the company. |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| darkjedidave wrote: |
| Items over $120 US (150,000W) are subject to custom fees. I believe it can be taxed up to 18% of the declared cost + shipping, depending on the items and the custom agent dealing with it. |
Wow! This is good to know! Usually if you buy from EBay or something, they'll mark it as a gift and no customs~ ^.^ |
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