5604 Outline of Authorized Delegated Export Clearance Program (FAQ)

　If an exporter is to engage in Authorized Delegated Export Clearance on a regular basis, the exporter or its agent (authorized customs broker, etc.) must submit the Comprehensive Export Clearance for Authorized Delegated Export (Customs Form C-9160), filling in the necessary information, and submitting it to the customs office where the authorized delegated export clearance is to be made.

　Moreover, the authorized customs broker is required to request the exporter information on the authorized logistics operator to handle the cargo in the authorized delegated export clearance in question. At the same time, it is necessary for the said broker to build a communication system with the said authorized logistics operator.

　The authorized customs broker must conduct an on-site inspection of the cargo management system, in compliance with the Cargo Management System Check Sheet for Export Clearance for Authorized Delegated Export (Customs Form C-9170), at the location of the cargo under the authorized delegated export clearance in question, at the rate of at least once every six months.

　When an on-site inspection is conducted, the findings are to be submitted to the customs office scheduled to handle the export declaration in question and also to mail the said findings to the authorized logistics operator in charge of handling the cargo for the export declaration in question.

　If the cargo reported in the authorized delegated export clearance is found to be handled appropriately as a result of the aforementioned on-site inspection, the declaration procedure for each authorized delegated export clearance is executed via NACCS, with cargo invoice and other relevant documents. If the cargo in question is found not to be handled appropriately for part or all of the checklist items, in the on-site inspection described in (b), the export declaration procedure is executed by conducting an inspection of the cargo to be declared, with each instance of export declaration.

　Also, the information pertaining to the export declaration in question must be reported by the authorized customs broker to the authorized logistics operator responsible for handling the cargo in question.

If an authorized customs broker is commissioned to execute Authorized Delegated Export Clearance by an exporter, the said broker must confirm and identify the authorized logistics operator to handle the cargo in the said export declaration. In executing this procedure, a declaration is submitted via NACCS by confirming the accuracy of the information regarding the cargo in question and information in the invoice and other relevant documents. Also, it is necessary to enter information on the code of the authorized logistics operator and that of the customs area where the export permit is to be received, with each instance of authorized delegated export clearance.

Also, the information pertaining to the export declaration in question must be reported by the authorized customs broker to the authorized logistics operator responsible for handling the cargo in question.

When cargo under the Authorized Delegated Export Clearance scheme is to be shipped, the logistics operator in question is required to determine whether the cargo in question matches the cargo code, number and quantity under the export declaration, the date of export declaration and other necessary information identifying the cargo, reported by the authorized customs broker in advance.

If any difference is found between the information from the customs broker in question with the cargo to be shipped, the said operator must report this to the relevant customs office and also report the finding to the authorized customs broker.

(Articles 67-3 of the Customs Law etc.)