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Home > Export/Import > Customs Answer(FAQ) > 6104 When the Price of an International Postal Article is Unknown (FAQ)

6104 When the Price of an International Postal Article is Unknown (FAQ)

  In principle, the taxable value of imported goods is determined on the basis of the price paid by a buyer to a seller. When the price of the postal article, which is the basis of the taxable value, is unknown, Customs sends a post card entitled "Notice of Customs Clearance for International Mail" to the recipient of the parcel, requesting submission of an invoice, receipt, price lists, or product catalogue, etc. Thus, please keep these documents in a safe place.

  If the good is a gift from a friend or someone living abroad, rather than one directly imported from overseas by the recipi4ent, the recipient does not have price data such as an invoice and it would probably be difficult to ask the sender regarding the price.
 
 In such a case, customs shall determine the price, referring, for example, to the price of the same or similar products.

(From Article 4 to Article 4-8 of the Customs Tariff Law, 76-4-1 of the Basic Notice of the Customs Law)

 

List of Customs Office for Overseas Mail

(As of September 2014)

Tokyo Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Tokyo Customs 03-5665-3755

at Tokyo International Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

3-5-14 Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0075
Yokohama Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Yokohama Customs 044-270-5780

at Kawasaki East Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

88 Higashi-Ogishima, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City 219-8799
Nagoya Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Nagoya Customs 0569-38-1524

at Chubu International Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

3-13-2 Centrair, Tokoname City 479-0199
Osaka Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Osaka Customs 072-455-1850

at Osaka International Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

1 Senshukuko-minami, Sennan City 549-8799
Fukuoka Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Moji Customs 092-663-6260

at Shin-Fukuoka Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

4-13-70 Kamata, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-8799
Naha Customs Office for Overseas Mail, Okinawa Regional Customs 098-854-8292

at Naha Central Post Office, Japan Post Co., Ltd.,

3-3-8 Tsubokawa, Naha City 900-0025

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