[Procedure name]	Report of a vessel/aircraft other than foreign trading vessel/aircraft for Entry into a Closed Port
	(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)

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Procedures for vessels or aircraft that travel between Japan and other countries but are not foreign trading vessels or foreign trading aircraft (excluding, official vessels, official airplanes, and other vessels, except for foreign naval ships, military airplanes, and other official ships that control coast security or engage in marine salvage; hereafter referred to as "special vessels, etc.") when entering an closed port

-	Article 20-2 Paragraph 3 of the Customs Law
-	Article 18-2 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

-	A master of a vessel or a captain of an aircraft of special vessels, etc. that enters an closed port
-	An agent of the master of the vessel or the captain of the aircraft, the owner or operator of the vessel or aircraft, or an agent thereof may also perform the procedures

-	Submit the required documents immediately upon entry.

-	Complete the following documents and submit them to the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the closed port. Note that documents to be attached may be submitted via fax but their originals must be submitted later.

[Fee]

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None

[Application form and description]

	(The following forms may be printed for use on A4-size paper.)
-	Inward/Outward Declaration for Vessel (Customs Form C No. 2000)
	Check the "Arrival" column. For the "type" of ship in the column for "Name, Type and Call Sign of Ship," indicate the vessel type, such as "Cargo Vessel, Container Vessel, Cargo Passenger Vessel, Passenger Vessel, Oil Tanker, Fishing Vessel, or other." Indicate the port of arrival in the "Port of arrival/departure" column. Indicate the date and time of arrival in the "Date-time of arrival/departure" column. Indicate the former port the vessel arrived from in the "Port arrival from/Port of destination" column. For the "number" in the column for "Certificate of registry (Port; Date, Number)," indicate the ship number on the "certificate of ship's nationality" if the vessel does not have a Call Sign of ship. In the "Brief particulars of voyage" column, indicate all port names from the point of provenance to the final destination, and underline the ports at which the vessel will discharge the cargo. Indicate the type of cargo in the "Brief particulars of cargo" column.
-	General Inward/Outward Declaration for Aircraft (used in place of Crew Manifest) (Customs Form C No. 2010)
	Completion of the "Declaration of health" column is required for the quarantine office only and may be omitted for customs procedures.

-	Submit the required documents to the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the closed port you entered.

-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. daily, except holidays for administrative agencies) Contact the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the closed port when submitting documents during out of office hours of Customs in advance.

-	For information, contact a customs counselor or the enforcement section of the customs office that will process your documents.