Korea Forest Service and Customs Service Cooperate to Block Import of Defective and Harmful Wood Products
Collaboration Between Korea Forest Service and Customs Service to Establish Order in Timber Product Distribution
Strengthening Border-Level Inspections of Charcoal, Wood Pellets, and Other Timber Products
The Korea Forest Service and the Korea Customs Service are joining forces to block the import of defective and harmful wood products.
On the 10th, the Korea Forest Service announced that it plans to conduct year-round joint inspections with the Korea Customs Service to block the domestic entry of illegal and defective wood products whose safety has not been verified, starting from the border stage.
The joint inspection targets wood products closely related to public health, such as charcoal and molded charcoal used for lighting fires or grilling meat during outdoor activities like camping, and wood pellets suspected of containing heavy metals.
The two agencies plan to strengthen crackdowns by selecting companies that have been repeatedly caught and to improve inspection efficiency by implementing differentiated inspections for charcoal products based on the likelihood of containing harmful substances.
In particular, in response to the National Assembly audit last year pointing out the need to strengthen customs inspections considering the increasing import volume of wood pellets, the inspection volume of wood pellets will be expanded starting this year.
Conversely, if the same company imports the same product simultaneously at multiple airports or ports, duplicate inspections will be exempted to reduce the time and cost for companies due to inspections.
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Jo Young-hee, Director of the Wood Industry Division at the Korea Forest Service, said, “It is analyzed that the joint inspections with the Korea Customs Service have been effective in blocking the domestic inflow of illegal and defective wood products,” and added, “The Korea Forest Service plans to further solidify the cooperation system with the Korea Customs Service to establish order in the distribution of wood products.”
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