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Customs administration History

1. 2000.08.30Seoul Main Customs opened the Customs Duty Museum
2. 2001.03.27Opened Incheon Airport Customs
3. 2002.12.04Held an exhibition of authentic and fake products
4. 2003.01.17Signed the Korea-U.S. Convention for Safe Containers
5. 2005.09.15Held the First Meeting of the APEC Customs Procedure Committee
6. 2005.10.18Started operating the UNI-PASS system
7. 2005.12Ranked first in the government performance evaluation
8. 2007.11.06Provided support for UNI-PASS system exports, such as by making UNI-PASS consulting tours to Central and South Americas
9. 2008.04.23Held the 2008 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
10. 2008.10.01Introduced the AEO system
11. 2008.10Established the logistics history management system
12. 2009.12Established the revision audit system
13. 2010.05.01Introduced the autonomous foreign exchange transaction checkup system
14. 2010.06.27Signed AEO Mutual Recognition Agreements with the U.S., Canada and Singapore
15. 2010.12.15Signed a contract for exporting the KCS e-Clearance System to Ecuador
16. 2011.10Ranked first in the World Bank’s assessment of customs clearance environments for three consecutive years
17. 2011.11Won the Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award
18. 2011.12Won the Best Institution Award for Regulatory Reform
19. 2012.12Ranked first in the customs customer satisfaction evaluation conducted by the Airports Council International (ACI) for eight consecutive years
    Selected as an excellent institution in the government performance evaluation and also as the most excellent institution for its integrity
20. 2013.07Korea and China signed an Authorized Economic Operator Mutual Recognition Agreement (AEO-MRA)
21. 2013.10Foreign trade volume exceeded one trillion dollars for three consecutive years
22. 2013.10Won the presidential award for meritorious work in the Eulji Exercise and ranked first in the public service management performance evaluation
23. 2013.12Ranked first in the Government 3.0BP Contest
24. 2014.11Built the world’s third largest FTA economic territory
25. 2014.12Achieved the largest foreign trade volume of 1.1 trillion dollars in history
    Won the presidential award in the Government 3.0 evaluation
    Most excellent institution in the audit and inspection performance evaluation
26. 2015.01Newly established export and import enterprise support centers (in Seoul, Incheon and Busan)
27. 2015.03UNI-PASS obtained ISO 20000 certification
28. 2015.09Obtained the Best HRD certificate and selected as the most excellent institution in the public sector as the Best HRD certificate holder
29. 2015.09Signed a contract for exporting UNI-PASS to Cameroon – the largest amount of money in the history of e-government exports (230 million dollars)

Organizational History

1. 2011.04.04Newly established the FTA Task Force
2. 2011.08.26The fixed number of personnel in technical service switched to general service positions
3. 2012.04.16Newly established the position of FTA Cooperation Officer
4. 2012.07.16Adjusted the organization of the KCS as a result of the establishment of the position of LA Customs Tariff Officer, which followed the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
5. 2013.09.17Newly established the Customs Clearance Center and the Investigation Information Center for the purpose of strengthening the information analysis function of the KCS
6. 2013.11.26Adjusted the director-level open positions in the KCS headquarters and the agencies under the KCS (expanded by 6 positions)
7. 2014.01.24Changed 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
8. 2014.03.05Newly established
9. 2015.01.06Newly established enterprise support centers for export and import (in Seoul, Incheon and Busan)
10. 2015.05.26Newly established the Express Cargo Clearance Section 4 at Incheon Airport Customs and the Passenger Personal Effects Section at Sokcho Customs
11. 2016.01.18Reorganized the organizational system of customs offices (merged 13 customs offices nationwide) - newly established 15 customs business centers
12. 2016.03.01Newly 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
13. 2016.07.01Opened the Express Logistics Center
14. 2017.02.28Newly 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