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
2016
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
2015
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
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
2014
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
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
2013
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)
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
2012
2012 Organizational Structure
Apr.16
Newly established FTA Cooperation Division
Jul.16
Reorganization after the establishment of LA Customs Attache
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
2011
2011 Organizational Structure
Apr.04
Newly established Office of FTA
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
2010
2010 Customs Administration
May.01
Introduced foreign exchange transaction checkup system
Jun.27
Signed AEO MRA with the U.S., Canada and Singapore
2009
2009 Customs Administration
December
Established Revision Audit System
2008
2008 Customs Administration
Apr.23
Held 2008 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
Oct.01
Introduced AEO system
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
2003
2003 Customs Administration
Jan.17
Signed the Korea-U.S. Convention for Safe Containers