[Procedure name] Permit for Integrated Customs Areas
(Procedure for a customs (bonded) area)
[ Summary]
- Procedure required when applying a section of land and premises for a permit for an integrated customs area that allows the following activities:
(1) Unloading, transporting, or storing, or checking, refitting, sorting, or making up of foreign goods
(2) Processing foreign goods or manufacturing new products by using foreign goods for raw materials (mixing)
(3) Displaying foreign goods or using them for similar purposes
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 62-8, Paragraph 1 of the Customs Law
- Article 51-9 and Article 51-15 (application of Article 35, Paragraphs 3 and 4) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law
[ Subjects to procedure]
- Juridical person who intends to apply for an integrated customs area permit
[ Time of submission]
- Apply for a permit as early as possible prior to your intended date of permission.
[ Method of submission]
- Prepare an application and documents to be attached and submit them to the following administrative agency.
[ Fee]
- There is no fee for application. (Refer to [Remarks].)
[Do cuments to be attached and number of copies]
- Submit each copy of the following documents (two copies when applying via a customs branch).
1. A letter that pledges that the applicant (including a person who controls freight. Hereafter applied in the same meaning), officers and the major employees of the applicant do not fall into any of the conditions of disqualification prescribed in provisions of Article 62-8, Paragraph 2, Item 5 of the Customs Law
2. A corporate applicant is required to submit a copy of the latest business report, while an individual applicant is required to submit a copy of the latest tax certificate or a document that certifies the asset position of the individual applicant.
3. A plane view and a mensuration drawing of goods accommodation facilities in the integrated customs area that the applicant intends to obtain a permit for, and a sketch of the neighboring areas. For the facilities that will be used for hozei work, a layout and a mensuration drawing of those facilities.
4. A prospectus for use of goods accommodation facilities in the intengrated customs area
5. Written rules for safekeeping goods and a storage rate book when goods accommodation facilities in an intended integrated customs area are for commercial use.
6. A corporate applicant is required to submit a certified copy of the register or a certified extract copy of the register and a copy of the articles of incorporation, and an individual applicant is required to submit a certificate of residence.
7. A copy of personal histories of the manager, major employees, and officers
8. A copy of a commission agreement when the applicant has concluded one with others to handle part of its freight control
9. A copy of the lease agreement when the applicant leases the premises for the intended customs area
10. A copy of a letter of comprehensive commission that the person who is going to obtain the permit to set up the customs warehouse, will assign procedures for bonded operation, after obtaining the permit, to major employees of the person
11. A compliance programme on freight control of the company
12. Other reference documents (corporate summary, operation process chart)
[ Application form and description]
(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
- Application for Integrated Customs Area Permit (Customs Form C No. 3500): One copy (two copies when applying via a customs branch)
[ Submitted to]
- Submit a copy of the above application to the hozei section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the area where your intended integrated customs area 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.
[Su bmission standard]
1. The section of land and premises concerned is required to be owned or controlled by a juridical person who satisfies the requirements prescribed in the Cabinet Order stated in (1) or (2) below after considering the contents of the business, shareholders, or investors, or members of contributors, and other matters
(1)  A qualified juridical person is required to engage in installation and administration of a business that employs people for storage, processing, display, transportation, and the like of foreign goods arrived into Japan from abroad, or other types of business that are considered as promoting smooth imports and other international trade
(2)  The stock of a qualified juridical person must be held by local public corporations or the like or corporate investors or corporate contributors, or invested or donated by those corporations, and the local public corporations concerned must hold 3 percent of more of the number of outstanding shares of the qualified juridical person, or 3 percent or more of the total amount of investment or donations of the qualified judicial person.
2. The section of the premises concerned must have concentrated facilities for international trade.
3. The section of the premises concerned must have a good prospectus for (1) Unloading, transporting, or storing, or checking, refitting, sorting, or making up foreign goods (2) Processing foreign goods or manufacturing new products by using foreign goods for raw materials (including mixing) (3) Display or similar activities for foreign goods, which are considered to contribute to smooth imports and other international trade.
4. The section of the premises concerned must be considered as having no problem in ensuring the execution of this law in terms of location, facility, and other conditions.
5. A juridical person who owns or manages the section of the premises concerned (including freight control) is required not to fall into any of the following (1) through (4) conditions of disqualification as prescribed in Article 43 Items 1 though 4 of the Customs Law.
(1)  A person who intends to obtain an integrated customs area permit or a freight manager (hereafter referred to as an "Applicant") was once subject to withdrawal of permission for a customs area, and three years have not elapsed from the date of the withdrawal.
(2)  An applicant, etc., who was subject to a punishment of the Customs Law for violation and completed serving the punishment or was granted a suspension of the punishment, or was subject to a notification procedure and completed serving the procedure, and three years have not elapsed from the date of completion of the administrative disposition
(3)  An applicant, etc., who was subject to a law or order other than the Customs Law for violation and completed serving a two-year or longer sentence of imprisonment or was granted a suspension of the punishment, and two years have not elapsed from the date of the administrative disposition.
(4)  A corporate applicant, etc., who employs a person who falls into one of the above three cases, as an officer or an agent or a manager or a major employee of the company in the area.
6. A juridical person who owns or manages the section of the premises concerned (including freight control) must be considered as capable of performing bonded operations of an integrated customs area after the financial ability and other conditions are taken into account
[ Standard processing time]
[ Administrative appeal]
- Any person may file a protest with the Director-General of Customs within two months from the day following the date of acknowledgement of a disposition related to a customs declaration in case he or she is not satisfied with that disposition.
[ Remarks]
- After obtaining a permit, the applicant is required to pay monthly charges (five categories from 47,600 yen to 240,400 yen) for the integrated customs area according to the area permitted.
- An applicant may apply for a permit which is valid for up to six years.
- A person who intends to apply for a permit should contact the consultation service mentioned above beforehand.