KCS Completes 'Incheon Customs Integrated Inspection Center'... "Relieving Customs Inspection Overload"

The ‘Incheon Customs Integrated Inspection Center (hereinafter referred to as the Integrated Inspection Center)’ has been completed in Songdo, Incheon. The construction of the Integrated Inspection Center is the largest architectural project in the history of the Korea Customs Service, with a total project cost of 123 billion KRW.

Koh Kwang-hyo, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service (fifth from the left), is taking a commemorative photo with officials at the completion ceremony of the 'Incheon Customs Integrated Inspection Center' held on the 19th in Songdo, Incheon. Photo by Korea Customs Service

According to the Korea Customs Service on the 19th, the Integrated Inspection Center was newly built on a site of over 30,000 pyeong within the Aam Logistics Complex 2 in Songdo, Incheon, with a total floor area of 15,000 pyeong.

The Integrated Inspection Center houses a container inspection center, a concentrated inspection area for high-risk cargo (controlled cargo), and a maritime express logistics center, consolidating and relocating customs inspection facilities that were previously scattered throughout Incheon Port.

First, the container inspection center will expand its inspection capacity by operating a total of four container scanners (two existing and two newly introduced) following the relocation to the Integrated Inspection Center.

The concentrated inspection area for controlled cargo, where selected high-risk cargo is opened and inspected, has increased in size by 86% compared to before, enabling effective response to the growing volume.

At the maritime express logistics center, which handles e-commerce goods, the number of X-ray lines has expanded from six to eleven, and automated sorting equipment has been introduced, increasing the annual processing volume from 12 million to 22 million cases, nearly doubling the capacity.

However, since large-scale automation equipment is being installed at the maritime express logistics center, the Korea Customs Service plans to stabilize operations in cooperation with related industries to ensure that logistics and customs clearance are not disrupted, with full-scale operation scheduled for January next year.

Location map of Incheon Customs Integrated Inspection Center. Provided by Korea Customs Service

The Korea Customs Service expects that the operation of the Integrated Inspection Center will support the swift customs clearance of import and export cargo while contributing to the development of export-import companies and the regional economy.

Above all, the Korea Customs Service anticipates a synergistic effect that will strengthen the logistics competitiveness of Incheon Port by linking the Integrated Inspection Center geographically close to the Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal and Incheon New Port’s logistics infrastructure, thereby reducing logistics costs for export-import companies.

The Aam Logistics Complex 2 at Incheon Port, where the Integrated Inspection Center is located, is designated by the Incheon Port Authority as a ‘specialized zone for e-commerce,’ and high value-added creation is expected in the future through the linkage between the Integrated Inspection Center and resident companies within the specialized zone.

Ko Gwang-hyo, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, said, “The Aam Logistics Complex 2 at Incheon Port is the nation’s first designated comprehensive bonded zone (specialized for the e-commerce industry).” He added, “Once the Integrated Inspection Center is fully operational, it is expected to contribute to the revitalization of the e-commerce industry and the development of the regional economy.”

He also stated, “The Korea Customs Service will continue to block the domestic import of goods that threaten social safety and will persistently discover and promote support measures for national prosperity.”

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