Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Norway

Animal products requiring declaration

- Beef (Pork, lamb meat, poultry, and all other meat)

- Ham (Ham, sausage, jerky, and all other processed meat)

- Deer antler (Deer antler, bone, blood, and other animal products)

- Egg (Egg whites, egg yolk, and other egg products)

- Milk (Milk, cheese, butter, and other dairy products)

※ Carried animal products may be allowed in when presented with inspection certificate from the import-allowed country and nothing is amiss upon inspection.

※ Please visit the website of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency for the further information of animal inspection including the detailed conditions for the import of companion animals and import banned-countries.

Plant inspection

- Passengers with live plants, fruit, vegetable, agricultural product, forest product, flower, seedling, oriental medicine, etc. must mark the appropriate box on the Customs possession declaration form and be inspected by a quarantine officer.

- You must submit the quarantine inspection approval form from the origin country for sapling, seedling, root, and any vegetation for replanting.

- All types of vegetation from abroad are the key route for alien parasite transfer, so all plants carried on flight must be reported and are subject to quarantine inspection

※ You will be fined for illegally carrying in plants without inspection.

※ All heated or processed vegetation products (kimchi, rice cake, etc.) are not subject to quarantine.

※ Visit the website of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency for the further details of plant inspection.

Items to report

All types of vegetation

Prohibited items

All raw fruits and produce

Related information

Contact number :

Animal·livestock handcarry-importing quarantine

(T1 : 032-740-2671 / T2 : 032-740-2007, 2021)

Plant handcarry-importing quarantine

(T1 : 032-740-2079 / T2 : 032-740-2008, 2020)

Quarantining of Marine Products

- Travelers carrying live fish, shellfish, and crustaceans, or frozen/refrigerated abalones, oysters, shrimp, etc., must check the appropriate boxes on the Traveler Declaration Form and submit all marine products for quarantine to the quarantine officer.

- Items sensitive to infectious aquatic life diseases (includes 21 different kinds, e.g. white spot disease [WSD]) require the pertinent travelers to submit a Quarantine Certificate of Export Country issued by the country of export.

※ Those that fail to report marine life in possession shall be fined up to KRW 1 million.

※ Heated or dried marine products are not subject to quarantine.

Items Requiring Quarantine

- Live marine life

(includes fish, shellfish, crustaceans, etc.)

- Frozen/refrigerated abalones, oysters, and shrimp

Items Prohibited from Importation

- Live marine life suspected of being used for cultivation or designated quarantine products used for cultivation

(frys, spats, eggs, etc.)

Related information

Contact number :

Fishery handcarry-importing quarantine

(T1 : 032-740-2981 / T2 : 032-740-2975)

※ For further information, please contact the Korea customs office (baggage@korea.kr).