[Procedure name] Report on Temporary Landing of Foreign Goods
(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)
[ Summary]
- Procedure for temporary landing of foreign goods (including unloading. Hereafter applied in the same meaning.)
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 21 of the Customs Law
- Article 19 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law
[ Subjects to procedure]
- A master of a foreign trading vessel or a captain of a foreign trading aircraft
- An agent of the master of the vessel or the captain of the aircraft, the owner or the operator of the vessel or aircraft, or agent thereof may also peform the procedure.
[ Time of submission]
- Submit the report before temporary landing foreign goods
- Submit the declaration immediately after landing foreign goods if unable to submit it before landing them due to distress or other unavoidable accidents.
[ Method of submission]
- Prepare the following report and submit it to the guard section of the customs office (or to the local police if unable to submit it to the customs) having jurisdiction over the area where you intend to make a temporary unloading of foreign goods.
[ Fee]
- There is no fee.
[ Documents to be attached and number of copies]
- There are none in particular.
[ Declaration form and description]
 (The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
- Report on Temporary Landing of Foreign Goods (Customs Form C No. 2120)
[ Submitted to]
- Prepare the following report and submit it to the guard section of the customs office (or to the local police if unable to submit it to the customs office due to distress or other unavoidable accidents) having jurisdiction over the area where you intend to make a temporary landing foreign goods.
[ Reception time]
- Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays of the administrative agencies).
Contact beforehand the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the area that you intend to make a temporary landing of foreign goods when intending to submit the declaration 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]
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Foreign goods are not originally scheduled for landing on the port (airport). In other words, the port to land (unload) goods stated in the bill of lading, cargo manifest, or airway bill is not the port of temporary landing.
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The landing is temporary and subject to one of the following cases:

a.  A case where landing of goods is needed for sifting of the said vessel, or for reloading the goods onto another foreign trading vessel, etc.
b.  A case where landing of goods is needed for repair of the vessel, or other reasons.
c.  A case where landing of stores of vessels or aircraft, or the goods equivalent to them is needed for laundry or repair (processing within the scope that does not exceed their identification. Hereafter applied in the same meaning.).
d.  A case where equipment or habiliments of the vessel, etc. that are considered not an obstacle to execution of surveillance and control are unloaded for repair, etc.
e.  A case where accompanied personal effects of passengers or crew members are landed for repair, etc.
f.  A case where accompanied personal effects of a crew member are landed for loading to another vessel, etc.
g.  A case where utensils and other items, furnished for the welfare of passengers or crew members, are landed for reloading them to another vessel, etc.
- A case where the period of landing does not exceed the limit of the period that is considered necessary for the purpose of the landing.
[ Standard processing time]
[ Administrative appeal]
[ Remarks]