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# Intelligence: Beauty & Cosmetics Import in South Korea

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** Regulatory compliance (UK Cosmetics Regulation); Shelf life and expiry management

- **Operational control:** Fast KRW payments for K-beauty; 0.5% spread on EUR luxury brands

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Korean suppliers for electronics, semiconductors, automotive parts, shipbuilding

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **Bank Code + Account** (Bank code and account number (or domestic transfer code))

- **Regulatory:** Foreign Exchange Transaction Act compliance; Korea Customs Service documentation

## Key Industries in Country

- Semiconductors

- Electronics

- Automotive

- Shipbuilding

- Steel