Plant quarantine is preventing the introduction and adaption of exotic pests in homeland, and then eventually promoting and improving domestic agriculture and forestry. Therefore, we conducted a survey of intercepted pests on hand-carried plants from all over the world to Korea. Totally 7,291 of hand-carried plants had been inspected by quarantine inspectors at 2017. Gimpo, Daegu, and Incheon International Airport showed more inspection cases than other areas by November 10, 2017, meanwhile, Gimhae and Incheon International Airport and Incheon Harbor showed more intercepting pest rate than other areas. In Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, inspector found 490 cases of intercepted pests on 32 countries including China with 116 imported goods.

• Ji Sun Yoon(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
• KyungYeon Cho(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
• Deuk-Soo Choi(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
• JaeMyeong Heo(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
• HeungSik Lee(Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)