[Procedure name] Permit for a Renewal of the Permission Period of an Integrated Customs Area
(Procedure for a customs (bonded) area)
[ Summary]
- Procedure required when a person who has the permit of an integrated customs area intends to apply for a renewal of the permission period
[ Bases for procedures]
- Article 62-15 (application of Article 42, Paragraph 2) of the Customs Law
- Article 51-15 (application of Article 36) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law
[ Subjects to procedure]
- Person, who has the permit of an integrated customs area, and intends to apply for a renewal of the permission period
[ Time of submission]
- Submit your application before the date of expiration of the permission period of your integrated customs area (apply for a permit as early as possible considering your intended date for obtaining a permit).
[ 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].)
[D ocuments to be attached and number of copies]
- Submit each copy of the following documents (two copies when applying via a customs branch).
1. 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.
2. The applicant is required to submit a prospectus for goods handling and a table of performances of goods handled when the integrated customs area concerned has a function of a customs warehouse, while the applicant whose integrated customs area has a function of a customs manufacturing warehouse is required to submit a prospectus for hozei work volumes and a table of hozei work performed.
3. A copy of a commission agreement when the applicant has concluded one with others to handle part of its freight control
4. A copy of the lease agreement (when the applicant rents the premises for an intended customs area)
Documents whose contents are confirmed as the same with those of the documents to be attached submitted before for a permit may be omitted.
[ Application form and description]
(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
- Application for Renewal of Integrated Customs Area Permit (Customs Form C No. 3520): One copy (two copies when applying via a customs branch)
[ Submitted to]
- Submit your notification to a hozei section official of the customs office having jurisdiction over the area where the said 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.
[S ubmission 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) 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.
- The applicant may renew the validity of the permit concerned for up to six years.