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E-commerce operator registration system goes live — cross-border forwarding agents included
2026-05-29 ·Korea Customs News ·Views 16
Under the amended Article 254 of the Customs Act, which governs special clearance for e-commerce goods, the Korea Customs Service opened its e-commerce operator registration system on 5 June 2026.
Registration covers overseas businesses that run online malls and support delivery into Korea, domestic purchasing agents and sales intermediaries, and cross-border forwarding agents. Companies registered under the previous scheme must re-register through the new system. The operator codes issued are used by the clearance platform, and quoting the code on the import declaration is set to become mandatory.
What it means for the market
Import declarations will now carry a coded answer to the question "who sold this". Express carriers must capture and transmit the e-commerce operator code alongside the consignee details, and shipments arriving without one risk being delayed at clearance.
In practice this means re-checking the data fields exchanged with sellers and platforms now — whether the manifest specification carries the code, and if not, by when each counterparty will add it.
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Source · Korea Customs News
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