In accordance with the Korean government's basic plan for comprehensive trade automation, KTNET was established in 1989 with 100% investment by
the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).
KTNET, which the government designated as a trade automation business (presently known as National Paperless Trade Infrastructure Provider ) in
1992, has contributed to the innovative improvement of trade processes and reduction of trade-related expenses by realizing automation services for
all the complex processes of export & import businesses through establishment of paperless trade infrastructure, achieving economic effects that
reach US$ 5.57 billion annually.
Through the world's foremost trade system linking about 97,000 customers and trade-related organizations, including trading companies, banks,
customs brokers, shipping companies, insurance firms, forwarders and bonded storages, KTNET has digitalized about 614 types of export & import
documents in the G2B and B2B sectors and is processing an annual average of 370 million cases of paperless documents, thereby carrying out a true
hidden champion's role in the development of national industries.