Buy local vs import · South Korea
Importing to the South Korea: is it actually cheaper?
We haven't priced individual products for South Korea yet — but the checker works on any South Korea product link right now: paste one and we read its price, match our US price of record, and do the landed-cost math below. Here's how importing to South Korea works.
How importing to the South Korea works
- Import VAT
- 10% on the US price + shipping (CIF), above a ₩216,600 de-minimis threshold.
- Duty
- 0% — Consumer electronics (smartphones, laptops, cameras, headphones) enter at 0% because Korea is a WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) signatory; separately, KORUS FTA also gives US-origin goods 0% duty. Non-ITA/non-FTA industrial goods average ~8%, and some peripherals/accessories can carry 0-8%, but core electronics are duty-free.
- Forwarding
- MyUS, from the US — about 4-10 days.
- FX
- ₩1342/USD mid-market + 3% card spread, as of 2026-10-09.
Every verdict is computed only from these figures — it's never for sale, and we're not a shipping company, so we don't earn more when you import.