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Use of duty free shops
Persons eligible to use duty free shops
Duty free shop for diplomats
- Only diplomats to Korea and employees of diplomatic missions to Korea who are eligible for tax exemption can use duty free shops for diplomats (「Notification on the Licensing and Operation of Bonded Store」 Article 29(1)).
Duty free shop at the departure area
- A departure area indicates a place where passengers who are about to depart or stay temporarily for transit waiting for flights or ships within a bonded area in an airport or sea port (「Notification on the Licensing and Operation of Bonded Store」 Article 2-7).
- Koreans and foreigners who are about to go abroad and passengers who stay temporarily due to transit flights or ships to other nations can use duty free shops at the departure area (「Notification on the Licensing and Operation of Bonded Store」 Article 29(2)).
Downtown duty free shop
- As a downtown duty free shop is located away from the departure area, only Koreans and foreigners who are about to go abroad can use downtown duty free shops (「Notification on the Licensing and Operation of Bonded Store」 Article 29(2)).