Japan Customs

8/11/2019 Japan Customs

1/7

The Egyptian Center for Studies of Export & Import %$#" ' %*$( %#) %*,+

I- ./IE0

Website: www.ecsei-eg.com Email: [email protected]
http://www.ecsei-eg.com/http://www.ecsei-eg.com/


2/7


1apan Customs performs a 2ide range of tas3s4 su5h as the 5o66e5tion of Customs duties as2e66 as Customs 56earan5e4 sur7ei66an5e4 and 5ontro68 In these 2ays4 1apan Customs5ontri9utes to the maintenan5e of the internationa6 trade order and the sound de7e6opmentof internationa6 trade8

/e5ent6y4 the internationa6 ex5hange of peop6e and goods has 9een in5reasing dramati5a66y2ith the internationa6i:ation of 1apan;s so5iety and e5onomy8

1apan Customs p6ays an extreme6y important ro6e at the 9order8

?

Website: www.ecsei-eg.com Email: [email protected]
http://www.ecsei-eg.com/http://www.ecsei-eg.com/


3/7


0un5tioning as 6o5a6 9ran5hes of the @inistry of 0inan5e4 Customs offi5es are esta96ishedthroughout the 5ountry8

There are A Customs headBuarters =a3odate4 To3yo4 Do3ohama4 -agoya4 sa3a4 Fo9e4@oGi4 -agasa3i4 and 3ina2a?8

Ea5h Customs headBuarters has departments responsi96e for 5oordination4enfor5ement4Customs 56earan5e and post 56earan5e audit4 in7estigation and inte66igen5e8

0or the 6o5a6 administration of Customs4 there are Customs 9ran5hes4 Customs su9H9ran5hes4 and Customs guard posts in 5ertain 6o5ations8

Customs offi5es are 6o5ated at a6most a66 of the nation;s >J internationa6 seaports =Feihin4Fo9e4 sa3a4 -agoya4 et58?4 and at K internationa6 airports =-arita4 Fansai4 et58?4 2hi5h aredesignated as LCustoms seaportsL or LCustoms airports8L

There are a6so Customs offi5es in many other 5ities and ports as 2e66 as at post offi5es2here internationa6 mai6 is pro5essed8

Ms of > 1anuary JJK4 there are A Customs headBuarters4 NO Customs 9ran5hes4 >KCustoms su9H9ran5hes4 and K Customs guard posts4 emp6oying a tota6 of a9out O4PJJCustoms offi5ia6s8


4/7


? Stimu6ants4 5anna9is4 @@M4 et5=? Qoods 2hi5h infringe patent right4 uti6ity mode6 rights4 design rights4trademar3 rights4 6ayoutdesigns rights4 or p6ant 9reederUs rights and=V? Qoods 2hi5h 7io6ate the Wnfair Competition ? eroin4 5o5aine4 @@M4 opium4 5anna9is4 stimu6ants4 psy5hotropi5 su9stan5es4 and othernar5oti5 drugs =ex56uding those designated 9y @inistry of ea6th4 Xa9our and Ye6fare rdinan5e?=? 0irearms =pisto6s4 et58?4 ammunition =9u66ets? thereof4 and pisto6 parts=V? Exp6osi7es =dynamite4 gunpo2der4 et58? =Z? J? Qoods 2hi5h 7io6ate the Wnfair Competition ? Stimu6ants4 5anna9is4 @@M4 et5=? Qoods 2hi5h infringe patent right4 uti6ity mode6 rights4 design rights4trademar3 rights4 6ayoutdesigns rights4 or p6ant 9reederUs rights and=V? Qoods 2hi5h 7io6ate the Wnfair Competition ? unting guns4 air guns4 s2ords4 et58=? Endangered 2i6d f6ora and fauna and produ5ts made from them =Con7ention on Internationa6Trade in Endangered Spe5ies of Yi6d 0auna and 06ora \CITES]? =0or instan5e4 i7ory4 a66igatorhand9ags4 and Chinese medi5ine that 5ontains mus34 et58? and=V?


5/7


Wnder the Customs Xa24 any person 2ho intends to export or import goods must su9mit ade56aration to the ire5torHQenera6 of Customs8 Customs 5he53s the 6egitima5y of the export and_orimport de56arations and examines the goods4 if reBuired8

Steps of Customs C6earan5e

a. Declaration Mny person 2ho imports or exports goods must fi6e a pres5ri9ed import or export

de56aration to Customs4 together 2ith an in7oi5e and other re6ated do5uments8

/e6ated do5uments =su5h as 5ertifi5ates of 5ountry of origin4 et58? are reBuired for Customsto determine the amount of duty8

Yhere the importation or exportation is su9Ge5t to other 6a2s or regu6ations4 Certain otherdo5uments4 su5h as 6i5enses and 5ertifi5ates4 must 9e su9mitted8

Mt present4 5ontro6 is exer5ised on the importation and exportation of goods In a55ordan5e2ith a9out ZJ domesti5 6a2s and regu6ations =see note?8

(Note) Principal laws and regulations associated with the control of imports and eports include :

0ood Sanitation Xa2


6/7


b. !hec"ing and Eamination

Customs 5he53s import_export de56arations to ensure that forma6ities ta3en 9y the de56aringfor the import or export are 6egitimate =and4 in the 5ase of an import4 that the duty and taxha7e 9een a55urate6y 5omputed?8

Customs 5arries out examination of the goods4 if ne5essary8

c. Permission

Yhen the proper steps ha7e 9een ta3en for importation or exportation4 Customs authori:esthe import or export and issues a permit8

0or imported goods4 the prereBuisites for a permit are that the Customs duty and the5onsumption tax4 et58

ha7e 9een paid4 that the goods do not fa66 under 5ategories su9Ge5t to import_exportprohi9ition4 su5h as nar5oti5s or guns4 as spe5ified in Mrti56e NAH4 and NAH>> of the CustomsXa24 and that no fa6se indi5ation has 9een made in regard to the 5ountry of origin8

Qoods may not 9e 6oaded on a 7esse6 =or air5raft? or re6eased from the Customs Mrea 2ithout a Customs permit8


7/7


o:ei refers to the temporary suspension of the 5o66e5tion of taxes4 su5h as Customsduties and 5onsumption tax4 on goods arri7ing from a foreign 5ountry =foreign goods?8

The foreign goods for import are he6d temporari6y in a Customs area =9onded area? andexamined 9y Customs8

In prin5ip6e4 on5e the re6e7ant taxes4 su5h as Customs duties and 5onsumption tax4 are paid4the foreign goods 5an 9e imported8

epending upon the type of Customs area4 the foreign goods 5an a6so 9e 6eft in theCustoms area for a 5ertain period and produ5ts manufa5tured using the foreign goods asra2 materia6s 5an 9e reshipped to a foreign 5ountry 2ithout paying Customs duties or5onsumption tax8

In addition4 the foreign goods 5an 9e disp6ayed in a Customs area8 0or this reason4 the To3yo @otor Sho2 and other internationa6 exhi9itions are he6d in su5h

Customs isp6ay areas8

Documents

Japan Customs