These days, many people use overseas direct purchases through overseas shopping malls. There may be times when you feel frustrated because you don’t know when a product you purchased directly from overseas will arrive.
We will tell you about the Customs Service Unipass customs clearance tracking method so that these people can easily track overseas shipments. I also recently started purchasing directly, and by using the Korea Customs Service’s Unipass customs clearance tracking, I was able to know whether the product I bought was safely arriving and when it would arrive with just a few clicks.
Go to overseas direct purchase customs clearance inquiry
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What is Unipass customs clearance inquiry?
How to check Unipass customs clearance
Use of personal customs clearance number
Use the tracking number
So where are my overseas direct purchases? (Means progress status at each stage of customs clearance)
Overseas Direct Purchase Estimated Tax Inquiry
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What is Unipass customs clearance inquiry?
Customs clearance inquiry – Carrying out procedures in accordance with customs laws for goods coming in or going out from abroad.
Unipass – Korea Customs Service’s electronic customs clearance system that easily conducts customs clearance procedures via the Internet
The process of carrying out procedures for exporting, importing, and returning products is called customs clearance, and the system that allows this customs clearance process to be easily carried out over the Internet without visiting the customs office is called Unipass.
Using Unipass customs clearance tracking, you can easily check the location of products purchased overseas.
If you are curious about customs clearance information for your items, click ‘Overseas direct purchase here’
– Check the customs declaration price and customs clearance progress information for products purchased directly from an overseas seller or purchasing agent, and check whether the price of your product has been reported correctly.
* Korea Customs Service website > Overseas direct purchase here > Overseas direct purchase customs clearance information inquiry
[Source] Korea Tax Newspaper
To check Unipass customs clearance, you will need your personal customs clearance code or the waybill number of the purchased item.
Customs Service Unipass Customs Clearance Inquiry Issuance of Personal Customs Clearance Unique Number Inquiry
Tip – The personal customs clearance code is a unique number assigned to each individual that is required for customs clearance inquiry. A personal customs clearance number can be issued immediately by entering simple personal information.
Issuance and inquiry of personal customs clearance code
How to check Unipass customs clearance
Use of personal customs clearance number
Customs Service Unipass customs clearance inquiry using personal customs clearance number
Access the overseas direct purchase customs clearance inquiry page
Enter your name and personal customs clearance number
Customs clearance status can be checked after simple authentication
To use the Korea Customs Service’s Unipass overseas direct purchase customs clearance inquiry, you will need your personal customs clearance code or resident registration number.
However, as a personal customs clearance code was created to prevent the theft of resident registration numbers, it is safer for those who use overseas direct purchases to use the personal customs clearance number.
Simple authentication (Naver, Kakao, etc.) is required, so please prepare in advance.
Check customs clearance for overseas direct purchase
Use the tracking number
Customs Service Unipass customs clearance inquiry using waybill number
Check the invoice number at the overseas direct purchase shopping mall
Access the Customs Service Unipass website
Change M B/L to H B/L in the cargo progress information section on the top right.
Enter the tracking number in the tracking number input box and click search.
You can check customs clearance using the invoice number confirmed at the shopping mall where you made your overseas direct purchase.
Tip – When entering the tracking number, accurate information may not appear if there are spaces before and after the number, so be sure to delete the spaces and enter only the number.
In my case, I tried tracking an item I purchased directly on Black Friday using the Customs Service’s Unipass, but the information was not searched even though I entered the tracking number correctly, so I tried again 3 days later and the information was successfully searched. If you erase the spaces and enter the information, but there are no search results, it means that it has not yet entered the country or the tracking number has not been registered with customs. Please check again in about 3 days.
Unipass customs clearance inquiry
So where are my overseas direct purchases? (Means progress status at each stage of customs clearance)
The customs clearance process confirmed through Unipass customs clearance inquiry proceeds in the following order.
Submission of arrival manifest – means arrival at Incheon Airport
Importation report – Goods purchased directly enter customs and are accepted.
Report of export – The goods purchased directly have completed customs clearance and been released from customs.
Customs clearance list screening completed – Transferred to a domestic courier company and domestic delivery is in progress.
Since the customs clearance process is specialized, it is not easy to know all the terms, so you only need to remember three things.
An import declaration means that the goods have entered customs, and an export declaration means that they have completed customs procedures and been released from customs.
Lastly, the completion of the customs clearance list means that the goods have completed customs procedures and are being delivered through a domestic courier company.
After completing the customs clearance list screening, you can use the domestic courier company’s delivery tracking service.
Overseas Direct Purchase Estimated Tax Inquiry
You can easily check the delivery status of overseas direct purchases by using the Korea Customs Service Unipass customs clearance inquiry.
If you are not familiar with direct purchasing and calculating taxes is too difficult, there is a simple way to check the estimated tax. The method is to use the ‘Overseas Direct Purchase Product Estimated Tax Inquiry System’ operated by the Korea Customs Service.
Go to the website, select the product you want to purchase and the tax rate type (general/Korea-US FTA/Korea-EU FTA), then enter the total taxable price and the estimated tax amount will be calculated. In the total taxable price, enter the price including the product price, foreign shipping fee, foreign domestic tax, international shipping fee, insurance, etc. Source: EToday
If the price of the product exceeds $150, tariffs are imposed. You can check the tax to be paid in advance by using the Korea Customs Service’s overseas direct purchase estimated tax inquiry service.