[Procedure name]	Approval for Carrying In Foreign Goods
	(Procedure for import/export declaration)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required for storing foreign goods beyond three months after carrying them into a hozei manufacturing warehouse for hozei work, or for using foreign goods for hozei work within three months after the foreign goods are carried into a hozei manufacturing warehouse

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 62 of the Customs Law (Application of Article 43-3 of the Customs Law)

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Person who intends to store foreign goods in a hozei manufacturing warehouse, or a person who engages in hozei work

[	Time of submission]
-	At least one day before an elapse of three months since foreign goods were carried into a hozei manufacturing warehouse, or before hozei work is executed on foreign goods within the three months since they were carried into a hozei manufacturing warehouse

[	Method of submission]
-	The applicant is required to prepare the following applications and documents to be attached and submit them to the customs section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the hozei manufacturing warehouse.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee.

[D	ocuments to be attached and number of copies]
1.	Invoice (or the equivalent and other documents necessary to determine the taxation standard (freight accounts, insurance certificates, etc.))
2.	Certificate of origin (for cases such the application of preferential rates)
3.	Certificate of import approval for goods whose approval is required by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry or the Director-General of Customs
4.	In addition to the above-mentioned three kinds of documents, documents and certificates that certify an import permit or approval for goods that is required by pertinent laws and orders other than those prescribed in Article 70 (certification or confirmation) of the Customs Law. (Such documents and certificates include, for example, the notification receipt of a "certificate of food import notification" according to provisions of the Food Sanitation Law and a "certificate of quarantine inspection for import" according to the Domestic Animal Infections Disease Control Law.)

[	Application form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.) However, the printed color of the forms must conform to the colors specified in the Remarks at bottom.)
-	Correct the title of the "Application for Approval of Carry-in" (Declaration (Duty Payment) Form of Imports (Customs Form C No. 5020) and use the form.) (Describe the nature of the goods, quantity and price applicable to taxation standard, category applied by the schedule of the Customs Tariff Law, place of origin, place of shipment, name of the vessel or airplane that transported the goods, name of the hozei warehouse, and other data required.)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit your application to the pertinent customs section of the customs office having distriction over the said hozei manufacturing warehouse.

[	Reception time]
-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays of the administrative agencies). Contact the customs beforehand if you intend to submit your application outside the office hours of customs.

[	Consultation service]
-	For information, ask a customs counselor or the customs office that processes your application.

[	Submission standard]
	The customs office does not approve applications that fall into one of the following cases:
-	A case where a procedure for a permit or approval of foreign goods is required by a law and/or order other than the customs-related laws and/or orders but the procedure for the foreign goods has not been completed
-	A case where the storage of the foreign goods is not allowed according to a law and/or order other than the customs-related laws (for example, certificate of import approval is unavailable due to a provision of the Import Control Order

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]

[	Remarks]
	The following contents are available on the Customs home page on the Internet. - Preferential tariffs - Other laws and orders verified by Customs