Outline of FY2007 Customs and Tariff Policy Amendment
As of April, 2007
1. Improvement of Customs clearance system for the enhancement of competitiveness and convenience, etc
(1) Expanding preferential treatment for importers/exporters with respectable compliance records.
(2) Reviewing Customs clearance system for international postal items.
(3) Revising provisions for the implementation of EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements)
2. Strengthening border enforcement at Customs
(1) Reviewing penalty clauses for Customs offences.
(2) Adding goods infringing copyrights and neighboring rights to export prohibited goods
3. Expansion of Generalized System of Preference for LDCs
Expanding the duty-free and quota-free treatment (adding products subject to the preferential treatment) for LDCs (Least Developed Countries) based on WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration and Japan's Development Initiative
4. Extending the effective period of temporary tariff rates and measures
(1) Extending the effective period of temporary tariff rates and safeguard measures for specific agricultural products by the end of FY2007
(2) Extending the effective period of the Okinawa-type special duty-free store by the end of FY2011.