Regional Customs
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  • Tokyo
  • Yokohama
  • Nagoya
  • Osaka
  • Kobe
  • Moji
  • Nagasaki
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Confirmation of Price

The postal matter addressed to you is temporarily being held at Japan Post Co.,Ltd. Tokyo International Branch because the value of the goods is not clear.

 

Customs clearance is carried out after decision whether it is subject to import duty and internal taxes.  Decision of duty and internal taxes is made according to the price written on a declaration form, an invoice or receipt accompanied with the postal goods.  Therefore, in case of the following circumstances, Customs instructs the addressee to submit the necessary documents by sending a “Notice of Customs Clearance Procedure for Postal Matters from Abroad (hereafter Arrival Notice) to the addressee.

 

E.g.: -Price is not described anywhere

 

-The contents doesn’t match the description on declaration form

 

-Individual price of each item is not described

 

The addressee is required to comply with the Customs’ request. 

 

See below how to comply with Customs.

 

If the goods were for sale:

Please submit a commercial invoice, a sales contract and other relevant documents that specify the following points:

 

-Individual price of each item

 

-Total amount

 

-The material and the use of the product

 

-Terms of payment (FOB, C&F, CIF, etc.)

 

-Currency

 

-(In the case of a sample) whether it has any commercial value

 

Please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address, and telephone number (where you can be reached between the hours of 9am to 5pm on weekdays) and write clearly that it is for sale or company use and mail it with all the necessary documents we have requested above. 

 

If the goods were for personal use:

 

Please inform us of the price based upon your invoice or receipt. For your information, a gift could be subject to duty and internal taxes.

 

Please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address and telephone number (where you can be reached between the hours of 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays) and write clearly that the items are for personal use.