Korea Customs Service Conducts On-Site Inspection for Chuseok Holiday Special Customs Clearance Support

Noh Seok-hwan, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service (second from the left), is inspecting the interior of an idle passenger plane converted into a cargo plane at Incheon Airport Terminal 2 on the 29th. Courtesy of the Korea Customs Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Customs Service announced on the 29th that Commissioner Noh Seok-hwan visited the Incheon Airport Cargo Terminal to inspect the special customs clearance support in preparation for Chuseok.

During the inspection, Commissioner Noh urged customs officials to operate a 24-hour customs clearance support system to ensure that fresh agricultural, marine, and livestock products, as well as urgent raw materials such as automotive parts, can be cleared quickly ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

He also checked the export sites using aircraft converted from idle passenger planes to cargo planes for semiconductors, medical devices, and other goods, reviewing the support status for the aviation industry. The converted cargo planes operate by installing specially manufactured dedicated transport containers in the passenger seats to load cargo.

Previously, the Korea Customs Service identified difficulties faced by the aviation industry and supported the use of idle passenger planes as cargo planes, allowed in-flight meals supplied to international flights to be delivered to domestic catering companies, and simplified various procedures to reduce administrative costs.

Commissioner Noh said, “By listening to the difficulties of companies amid the spread of COVID-19 and promoting institutional improvements through proactive administration, we were able to reduce the burden on export-import companies such as those in the aviation industry.” He added, “Going forward, the Korea Customs Service will continue to strive to alleviate the concerns of export-import companies deepened by domestic demand contraction and export decline.”

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