1. Overview
2. BPA of MP exportation to Thailand
3. BPA of Banana importation form the Philippines

Summary 
  The Republic of Korea (ROK) continues to promote trade by making the procedures of exports and imports efficient. In order to analyze the trade procedures of the ROK, this research elaborates on (1) Mobile Phone (MP) exports from the ROK to Thailand and (2) Banana import from the Philippines to the ROK, providing analysis and recommendations in various aspects.  
  To begin with the case of MP exports, ROK exported 35% of its total manufactured MPs, with 5% of the total MP exports going to Thailand in 2013. The three major business process areas for MP exports are named and segmented in detail as shown below. 
Basic assumptions of analysis are that the place of original departure is Seoul, port of departure is Incheon International airport, and final destination is Bangkok, Thailand via air transportation on the C.I.F trade term with irrevocable L/C payment method. During the whole process, approximately 20 stakeholders are engaged. 
“Buy” process area consists of 3 core business processes: (1) Register Business, (2) Exchange samples, and (3) Conclude sales contract and trade terms. “Ship” process area consists of 12 core business processes: (1)  Arrange Transport, (2) 
Obtain Cargo Insurance, (3)  Designate Customs Broker , (4)  Store Goods, (5) Register Unique Clearance Code, etc., (6) File Export Declaration, (7) Correct Export Declaration, (8) Handle Export Declaration, (9) Deliver Export Declaration Certificate, (10) Transport Goods to Shipping Place, (11) Inspect after Acceptance of Declaration, and (12) Submit Loading Declaration and Depart. 
“Pay” process area consists of 2 core business processes: (1) Establish Payment Guarantee, and (2) Claim Payment of Goods. Activity diagrams of each process are given in the main text.   
The report also highlights practical research on (1) Expenses and fees (2) Time required, and (3) Documents to be submitted, including analysis and recommendations for improvement. Different expenses and fees are estimated for MP export distinguishing the ordinary expenses from extraordinary ones in Table 19 and Table 20 respectively.  
Time required for each core business process areas is identified and compared with the result of Doing Business Report in Table 21 and Table 24 respectively. Given the strict assumptions, the time required for MP export is approximated to be 7 days and 5 hours, (from the point of conclusion of contract to the point of departure to destination) which is relatively shorter than the result of the Doing Business Report, which was 8 days.  
 With the caveat that expenses, fees and documents that are not explained or enumerated in this report may be required in specific situations, a number of Business Process Analysis (BPA) of Trade Procedures in the Republic of Korea x recommendations for improvement in documents to be submitted in each core business process area are suggested. In core business process 2.1(“Arrange Transport”) of MP export, the time can be reduced to half that of the present situation by unifying the information system of air cargo logistics and utilizing electronic means (e.g., mobile environment, electronic document, etc.). In addition to the suggestion of reducing time for business processes, the public and private sectors have made continual efforts to minimize the number of required documents. There may still be room for further reduction as some of the documents are repeatedly required by the same stakeholders. 
  In the case of banana imports from the Philippines, ROK imported 3.1 hundred thousand tons of Bananas, reaching a total import value of USD 2.5 hundred million in 2013. The largest exporter of Bananas into the ROK is the Philippines. There are three core business processes named and segmented in detail as shown below. Unlike the case of mobile export, ‘Plant Quarantine’ and ‘Food Sanitation’ are added. Basic assumptions are that the place of original departure is Manila, the Philippines, port of arrival is Incheon port, ROK, and final destination is Seoul via ocean transportation. 
  Trade term is F.O.B with irrevocable L/C payment and only unripe bananas are permitted to be imported. During the whole process, approximately 26 stakeholders are engaged.  
“Buy” process area consists of 2 core business processes: (1) Register Business, and (2) Conclude Sales Contract and Trade Terms. “Ship” process area consists of 14 core business processes: (1) Arrange Transport, (2) Obtain Cargo Insurance, (3) Clear Goods for Export and Arrive at Importing Port, (4) Designate Customs Broker , (5) Store Goods at Storage Place , (6) Meet Import Requirement 1 (Plant Quarantine), (7) Meet Import Requirement 2 (Food Sanitation), (8) Transport and Register Unique Clearance Code, etc., (9) File Import Declaration, (10) Correct Import Declaration, (11) Handle and Accept Import Declaration, (12) 
Deliver Certificate and Keep Documents, (13) Pay Duties, etc., and (14) Change the Declared Amount of Duties, etc. 
  “Pay” process area consists of 3 core business processes: (1) Establish Payment Guarantee, (2) Claim Payment of Goods, and (3) Receive Goods. Expenses and fees including ordinary and extraordinary expenses, estimated for banana imports are shown in Table 28 and Table 29. Required time for individual core business processes is described in Table 30. In the case of Bananas, the time required is approximated to be 7 days and 4 hours, (from the point of conclusion of sales contract to the point of importer’s receipt of goods) which is longer than that of Doing Business Report, which was 7 days, given the same assumptions. There is still some 
room for improvement. In the core business process 2.5(“Store Goods”) of Banana import, the time can be reduced from 7 hours to 3 hours by introducing a change in 
packaging method and efficient management of waiting time.