Special Crackdown on Illegal and Illicit Trade of Summer Vacation and Leisure Goods

Provided by Korea Customs Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Customs Service announced on the 8th that it will conduct a special crackdown on illegal and unfair trade of summer vacation and leisure goods from the 11th of this month to the 26th of next month.

The special crackdown is carried out to block the import and distribution of defective and harmful products that threaten public safety, in anticipation of increased consumption of vacation goods such as camping and leisure during the holiday season.

In particular, this year, the Customs Service emphasized that it will focus on acts of profiteering, such as disguising low-priced foreign products as domestic products and selling them at high prices, taking advantage of rising prices.

The key crackdown items include vacation and leisure goods such as life jackets, tubes, tents, fishing gear, bicycles, sunscreen, mosquito repellents, as well as social safety-related items such as hidden cameras, thermometers, and masks.

Additionally, 87 consumer goods directly linked to perceived inflation, including beef, pork, and onions, which are part of the consumer price index items with a high household expenditure ratio in daily life, are newly included in the key crackdown items.

The Customs Service plans to focus on cracking down on acts such as smuggling by disguising the names of these items, illegal imports that do not meet import requirements such as safety certification, and acts of disguising the origin of imported goods as domestic products.

To this end, inspections of imported cargo will be strengthened, distribution processes will be tracked and investigated, and when unsafe goods are detected, they will be immediately recalled and destroyed in cooperation with related agencies to minimize public damage.

A Customs Service official said, “Public interest and cooperation are very important for effective crackdowns,” and urged, “If you discover illegal import or distribution activities, please actively report them to the ‘125 Customs Call Center’ or the Customs Service website.”

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