HISTORY2000 - Present
2005
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2017
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2017 Organizational Structure
- Feb.28
- Newly established the Customs Border Risk Management Center and the Information Development Team at the KCS Head Office, the Classification Section 4 in the Customs Valuation and Classification Institute, and the Export and Import Business Support Center at Gwangju Customs
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2016
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2016 Organizational Structure
- Jan.18
- Reorganized the organizational system of customs offices (merged 13 customs offices nationwide) - newly established 15 customs business centers
- Mar.01
- Newly established the Express Cargo Clearance Division at Incheon Customs, the Export and Import Business Support Center at Daegu Customs, and the Passenger Personal Effects Section at Jeju Customs
- Jul.01
- Opened the Express Logistics Center
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2015
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2015 Organizational Structure
- Jan.06
- Newly established enterprise support centers for export and import (in Seoul, Incheon and Busan)
- May.26
- Newly established the Express Cargo Clearance Section 4 at Incheon Airport Customs and the Passenger Personal Effects Section at Sokcho Customs
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2015 Customs Administration
- January
- Newly established export and import enterprise support centers (in Seoul, Incheon and Busan)
- March
- UNI-PASS obtained ISO 20000 certification
- September
- Obtained the Best HRD certificate and selected as the most excellent institution in the public sector as the Best HRD certificate holder
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2014
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2014 Organizational Structure
- Jan.24
- Changed the deputy commissioners who were public officials in special service in ministries and administrations to public officials in general service belonging to the group of high-ranking officials
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2014 Customs Administration
- December
- Achieved the largest trade volume of USD 1.1 trillion in history
- Won the presidential award in Government 3.0 Evaluation
- Most excellent institution in audit and inspection performance evaluation
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2013
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2013 Organizational Structure
- Sep.17
- Newly established Clearance Information Center and Investigation Information Center for more improved data analytics
- Nov.26
- Adjusted Director-level open positions in KCS headquarters and regional offices (6 more)
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2013 Customs Administration
- July
- Signed an Authorized Economic Operator Mutual Recognition Agreement (AEO-MRA) with China
- October
- Trade volume exceeded USD 1 trillion for 3 consecutive years
- Won the presidential award in Eulji Exercise and ranked first in the public service management performance evaluation
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2012
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2012 Organizational Structure
- Apr.16
- Newly established FTA Cooperation Division
- Jul.16
- Reorganization after the establishment of LA Customs Attache
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2012 Customs Administration
- December
- Ranked first in the Airport Service Quality by Airports Council International for 8 consecutive years
- Ranked first in performance evaluation and excellent award for its integrity
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2011
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2011 Organizational Structure
- Apr.04
- Newly established Office of FTA
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2011 Customs Administration
- October
- Ranked first in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business for 3 consecutive years
- November
- Won Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award
- December
- Won Best Institution Award for Regulatory Reform
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2010
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2010 Customs Administration
- May.01
- Introduced foreign exchange transaction checkup system
- Jun.27
- Signed AEO MRA with the U.S., Canada and Singapore
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2009
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2009 Customs Administration
- December
- Established Revision Audit System
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2008
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2008 Customs Administration
- Apr.23
- Held 2008 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
- Oct.01
- Introduced AEO system
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2005 Customs Administration
- Set.15
- Held the First Meeting of the APEC Customs Procedure Committee
- Oct.18
- Started operating the UNI-PASS system
- December
- Ranked first in the government performance evaluation
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2003
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2003 Customs Administration
- Jan.17
- Signed the Korea-U.S. Convention for Safe Containers
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2002
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2002 Customs Administration
- Dec.04
- Held an exhibition of authentic and fake products
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2001
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2001 Customs Administration
- Mar.27
- Opened Incheon Airport Customs
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2000
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2000 Customs Administration
- Aug.30
- Seoul Main Customs opened the Customs Museum