The Supreme Court held (2020du51242) that the value at the time of importation from a bonded area was the customs value in the bonded area transaction under Article 30 of the Customs Act, which is contrary to the existing position of the Korea Customs Service and prior holdings of the Korea Tax Appeals Tribunal.
Source: KPMG
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