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1803 Customs confirmation requirement concerning import restrictions in accordance with the Plant Protection Law (FAQ)


  Plants, used agricultural machinery, etc. imported from a foreign country are subject to quarantine for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Plant Protection Law.

  Also, the Law prohibits importation of certain plants, insects, harmful animals and plants such as ticks and germs, soils and plants with soils, etc. shipped from or transported via certain designated districts, unless specially authorized for importation by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the grounds that they are to be used for experimental or research purposes.

  All of above-mentioned import goods are unconditionally subject to official inspection at a quarantine, regardless of whether they are imported in the form of regular freight, hand baggage, international parcel post or other, and regardless of their import volume or import purposes such as for a gift, personal consumption, etc.

  However, the Law also provides that inspections under the Plant Protection Law are not necessary for processed articles such as lumbers, timbers through preservative treatment, woodwork, bamboo work, furniture and fixtures, etc., rattan, corks, hemp sacks, cotton, tea manufacture, dried bamboo shoot, dried fruits such as dried apricots, figs, persimmons, etc.

  For importing those quarantine-required plants, etc., it is necessary to submit to the customs "Certificate of passing plant, etc inspections," "License for plants, etc importation" which have been issued by a Plant Protection Station on the basis of inspection results, and obtain the customs’ confirmation on them.
   
 For those quarantine-required plants, etc. to be imported in the form of parcel post or hand baggage, the customs will confirm a seal of “Certification of passing plant, etc inspections” which should be stamped by a Plant Protection Station on the imported plants, etc. or their container/package.

 

(Article 70 of the Customs Law, item 1, section 3, paragraph 70 of the General Notification of the Customs Law, Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Plant Protection Law and Article 19 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Law)

Inquiries

Yokohama Plant Protection Station Tel: +81-45-211-7152 ~ 7154
  Sapporo Branch Tel: +81-11-852-1809
  Shiogama Branch Tel: +81-22-362-6916
  Niigata Branch Tel: +81-25-244-4401
  Narita Branch (Narita Airport)  
    1st PTB Tel: +81-476-32-6694
    2nd PTB Tel: +81-476-34-2352
    1st Air cargo in charge Tel: +81-476-32-6690
    2nd Air cargo in charge Tel: +81-476-32-6660
  Tokyo Branch Tel: +81-3-3599-1137
  Haneda Airport Branch
  (In charge of passengers)
  (In charge of air cargoes)

Tel: +81-3-5757-9790
Tel: +81-3-5757-9792
Nagoya Plant Protection Station Tel: +81-52-651-0112, 0113
  Chubu Airport Branch  
    (In charge of passengers) Tel: +81-569-38-8433
    (In charge of air cargoes) Tel: +81-569-38-8439
  Fushiki-Toyama Branch Tel: +81-766-44-0954
  Shimizu Branch Tel: +81-543-52-3775
Kobe Plant Protection Station Tel: +81-78-331-2386, 2376, 4201
  Kansai Airport Branch  
    (In charge of passengers) Tel: +81-72-455-1936
    (In charge of air cargoes) Tel: +81-72-455-1938
  Osaka Branch Tel: +81-6-6571-0801
  Hiroshima Branch Tel: +81-82-251-5881
  Sakaide Branch Tel: +81-877-46-4108
Moji Plant Protection Station Tel: +81-93-321-2601
  Fukuoka Branch Tel: +81-92-291-2504
  Fukuoka Airport Branch Tel: +81-92-477-7575
  Kagoshima Branch Tel: +81-99-222-1046
  Kagoshima Airport Branch
  Naze Branch
Tel: +81-995-58-2428
Tel: +81-997-52-0459
Naha Plant Protection Station Tel: +81-98-868-2850
  Naha Airport Branch Tel: +81-98-857-0054

[Reference]
Website of the Plant Protection Station
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/

For consultations on customs procedures, please contact the nearest Customs Counselor.
Please see No. 9301 for inquiries.