Can you bring fresh fruit or produce to South Korea?

Short answer
Prohibited

  • Fresh produce

    prohibited

    Fresh fruit and vegetables, cut flowers, seeds, saplings, bulbs, roots, and dried/fresh agricultural or medicinal-herb products are all barred from entry.

    Also covers: fruit, vegetables, plants, seeds, flowers

    Checked 2026-09-16 — Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official) — Animal/Plant Quarantine

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