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🧳 What can I bring into Korea? Duty-free limits, food, medicine and e-cigarettes

Quick answer
The duty-free allowance is USD 800, 200 cigarettes, and 20 ml of e-cigarette liquid under 1% nicotine. Psychotropic medicines must be declared, and meat products and fruit go through quarantine. Some sleeping pills, melatonin and foreign cold medicines can be stopped.

Key facts

Duty-free	USD 800 per person
Tobacco	200 cigarettes; e-liquid 20 ml under 1% nicotine; none under 19
Declare on time	30% duty reduction
Not declared	40% penalty tax (60% if twice in 2 years)
Ask before you fly	Korea Customs 125

How to do it

Check the traveler declaration form for items to declare
Check medicine and supplement ingredients on the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety sites
Declare meat, fruit, vegetables and seeds at the quarantine counter
Use the red (declare) lane if you have items, otherwise the green lane

⚠️ Watch out · Cannabis vape cartridges and CBD oil are criminal offenses in Korea. Bring an English prescription for your medicine and declare it instead of hiding it.

Official sources

Checked: 2026-11-09

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Guidance only, not legal or visa advice. Rules change; check the official source.

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