[Procedure name] Notification of Carry-in and Carry-out of Products
(Procedure for storage of goods in customs areas)
[ Summary]
- Procedure required when intending to carry military goods, products or byproducts into an approved warehouse or plant, or carry them out of the approved warehouse or plant
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 9 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Temporary Measure Law of the Customs Law following the enforcement of the Facilities, Areas, and Status of Forces Agreement based on Article 6 of the Bilateral Cooperation and Security Pact Between Japan and the United States of America
[ Subjects to procedure]
- Person who intends to carry products into an approved warehouse or plant, or carry them out of the facility
[ Time of submission]
- Submit your notification before carrying products into or out of the approved warehouse or plant.
[ Method of submission]
- Prepare your notification and submit it to the customs office stated below.
[ Fee]
- There is no fee for notification.
[ Documents to be attached and number of copies]
- No documents to be attached required.
[ Declaration form and description]
(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (landscape) sheets of paper.)
- Notification of Military Goods, Products, and Byproducts Carry-in (Customs Form F No. 1080): One copy
- Notification of Military Goods, Products, and Byproducts Carry-out (Customs Form F No. 1090): One copy
[ Submitted to]
- Submit your notification to a hozei section official of the customs office having jurisdiction over the area where the said approved warehouse or plant that you intend to carry in or out goods is located.
[ Reception time]
- Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. except on holidays for the administrative agencies)
[ Consultation service]
- For information, ask a customs counselor or the customs office that processes your application.
[S ubmission standard]
1. That goods must fall into category of those whose customs duties are exempted according to the provision of Article 6 Item 3 of the law
2. That import goods must be made up, processed, mixed, or manufactured in a warehouse or plant approved by the Director-General of Customs for a specified period, which must fall into a case where import goods under the provision of Article 6 Paragraph 3 of the law will be delivered to the US forces, or a case where refit or classification or other make-up of the said import goods will be made and mixed with other goods before the said goods are accessed or mixed or processed before they are used by the said facilities or goods for the US forces, or a case where the said import goods are used for raw material to produce other goods
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