Approval of Loading/Unloading of Goods Prior to Submission of the Cargo Manifest

[Procedure name]	Approval of Loading/Unloading of Goods Prior to Submission of the Cargo Manifest
	(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)

[	Summary]
-	Procedures for loading or unloading the goods on or from a foreign trading vessel or a foreign trading aircraft (hereafter referred to as "foreign trading vessel, etc.") (other than the accompanied personal effects of passengers and crew members, postal items, and the stores of vessels and aircraft)

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 16 Paragraph 1 of the Customs Law
-	Article 14 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	A person who intends to load or unload the goods on or from a foreign trading vessel, etc. prior to submitting the Cargo Manifest

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit the form before starting to load or unload the goods on/from the foreign trading vessel, etc.

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare the following documents and submit them to the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the open port or the customs airport where the goods is to be loaded on/unloaded from the foreign trading vessel, etc.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee.

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	There are none in particular.

[	Application form and description]
	(The following form may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Application for approval on loading and/or unloading of goods before Cargo Manifest is submitted (Customs Form C No. 2070)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit the documents to the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the open port or the customs airport where your goods is to be loaded or unloaded on or from your trade vessel, etc.

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. except on holidays for the administrative agencies) Contact the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the open port or customs airport beforehand when intending to make an application outside the office hours of customs.

[	Consultation service]
-	For information, contact a customs counselor or the guard section of the customs office that processes your submitted documents.

[	Submission standard]
-	When it is considered that there is adequate reason to load or unload the goods on or from the foreign trading vessel, etc. before submitting the Cargo Manifest.

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]
-	Any person may file a protest with the Director-General of Customs within two months from the following the date of acknowledgement of a disposition related to the above mentioned procedure in case he or she is not satisfied with that disposition.

[	Remarks]