[Importer of record in Korea]Import to Koreawithout a Korean company.

OSC imports your product as the importer of record: the import declaration, the Korean label, customs clearance, and storage at the right temperature.

Our imported food business is registered with MFDS (No. 20240002249). Once your stock is in Korea, we can sell it on Coupang and Naver too.

DECLAREAn import declaration for every shipment, in our name
LABELThe Korean label, as a sticker on your current pack
STOREAmbient and refrigerated storage, shipped across Korea
IMPORTER OF RECORD · MFDS-REGISTERED · SEOUL SINCE 2019

What an importer of recorddoes in Korea.

Korea asks a registered Korean business to answer for an imported product. When OSC is your importer of record, that business is us, so you don't need a company of your own in Korea.

ROLE 01

Holds the registration

Korean law requires an imported food business to register with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). Ours has been registered since February 2024.

ROLE 02

Declares every shipment

Each shipment is declared to MFDS before customs clearance, in the importer's name.

ROLE 03

Puts the Korean label on

The Korean label is part of the declaration, usually a sticker on your current pack.

ROLE 04

Answers for the product

Customer questions, records, and contact with the authorities, handled in Korean.

Korea customs clearance,step by step.

This is the path for food and health supplements, the products we import under our own registration. A product imported for the first time is tested in a laboratory, so the first shipment takes longer than the ones after it.

Importing to Korea,product by product.

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Food and health supplements

Imported under our own MFDS registration: factory registration, import declaration, inspection, and the Korean label.

  • →We start with your ingredient list and current label.
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Food-contact products

Containers, utensils, and packaging that touch food are declared to MFDS too, under the same registration.

  • →We start with the materials each part is made of.
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Cosmetics

Imported through a registered responsible cosmetic distribution business. We work with a licensed partner for this and name them in the contract.

  • →We start with your full ingredient list.
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Storage and delivery

Ambient and refrigerated stock kept in Korea and shipped to customers nationwide, or sent into Coupang's fulfillment.

  • →We start with shelf life and storage temperature.

Children's, electrical, and household goods often need KC certification before customs clearance. See what Korea requires in our export guide.

Import to Korea withor without a local entity.

Your own Korean entity
A distributor
What OSC runs
OSC as importer of record
Korean company
Yours, set up first
The distributor's
Ours
Name on the declaration
Yours
The distributor's
OSC's
Who owns the stock
You
Usually the distributor
You, in most of our contracts
Price and channels
You decide
Mostly the distributor decides
One plan, set with you
Selling online
Your own team in Korea
Through their channels
Coupang and Naver, run by OSC
[Case]

A Japanese natto brand,from customs to first place on Coupang.

CH.01

Starting point

Refrigerated food. Japanese-only packaging. No Korean importer and no sales history in Korea.

CH.02

What we chose

We imported it as the importer of record, added the Korean label required for imported food, kept it in cold storage, and opened its Coupang store.

CH.03

Result

First in Coupang's natto category.

Reached first place in Coupang's natto category ranking.

Korean import registrationsyou can check.

Issued in Korea and on record. You don't have to take our word for them.

REGISTRATIONS
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Registered Feb 2024
Imported food import and sales business

No. 20240002249Seoul Regional Office of Food and Drug Safety

Questions aboutimporting to Korea

FAQ

  • Yes, through a Korean importer of record. The importer holds the registrations and files the import declaration in its own name. With OSC, that is us, and in most of our contracts the stock stays yours.

  • It registers the import business with MFDS, declares each shipment, makes sure the Korean label is on the product, and answers for the product in Korea.

  • The first shipment of a product takes longest, because it is tested in a laboratory. In a typical plan the Korean label is ready about two weeks after your files arrive, and stock is in Korea around week four. We give you a date for each product before you ship.

  • Usually not. Imported food that is already sold in your country can keep its original labeling and add a Korean sticker, as long as the sticker stays attached and doesn't cover the original product name or date marks.

  • Food, health supplements, and food-contact products go under our own import registration. Categories that need a separate Korean license, such as cosmetics, go through a licensed partner we name in the contract.

  • Yes. We keep ambient and refrigerated stock in Korea and ship it to customers nationwide. The Japanese natto we import is kept in cold storage.

  • Yes. We open and run your Coupang and Naver stores. Most brands come to us for that reason: the import is planned around the sale, so the label and the product page say the same thing.

  • Tell us about your product with the form below or at hello@oscsnm.com. We reply in English, Japanese, or Chinese.

Tell us about your product

Your product list with ingredients, a photo of the current label, your wholesale price range, and where you sell today make the first call faster. If you don't have all of that yet, that's fine. Send what you have.

We reply in English, Japanese, and Chinese. You can also write to hello@oscsnm.com.

/01Name*
/02Company*
/03Work email*
/04Phone (with country code)*
/05Country*
/06Product category*
/07What do you want to sell in Korea?*
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