[Procedure name]	Approval for Storing Foreign Goods in an Integrated Customs Area
	(Procedure for import/export declaration)

[	Summary]
-	Procedure required for storing foreign goods subsequently after three months since they were stored in an integrated customs area (where storage, process, and display are facilitated) or for engaging in any one of the following activities within three months after foreign goods were stored: 1. Processing or manufacturing based on foreign goods 2. Display or related activities

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 62-10 of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	Person who intends to carry foreign goods into an integrated customs area

[	Time of submission]
-	At least one day before the elapse of three months since goods were stored in an integrated customs area, or when engaging in one of the above activities within the three months since goods were stored

[	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 integrated customs area.

[	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 into Comprehensive Bonded Area (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 customs warehouse to store the goods, type of display or processing and place if it is to be done, and other data required.)

[	Submitted to]
-	Submit your application to the pertinent customs section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the said integrated customs area.

[	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]
-	An integrated customs area accommodates the functions of a customs warehouse and a hozei display area. For details, refer to description of the customs warehouse and hozei display area.

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]

[	Remarks]