13. Importation of Rice

The mail that has arrived contains items that appear to be rice, wheat, etc. (including processed and prepared rice and wheat products).

When importing rice and wheat (including processed and prepared products) into Japan from overseas, you are required to take procedures and pay the prescribed customs duties for rice import in accordance with the provisions of the Law for Stabilization of Supply-Demand and Price of Staple Food and the Customs Law.

Please contact the Regional Agricultural Administration Office with jurisdiction over the recipient’s address to complete the procedures.

After completing the procedures at the Regional Agricultural Administration Office, please bring or mail a copy of the State of Duty Payment and receipt of payment (original) to Tokyo Overseas Mail Sub-branch Customs to prove that the payment has been made.

In addition, if you send the documents by mail, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of the documents.

When you import rice and wheat for personal use (for the addressee’s own consumption, up to 100kg/year for each person, and for which the duty exemption or small value exemption for personal effects or unaccompanied baggage is applied), please report the quantity to the Regional Agricultural Administration Office or the Plant Protection Station with jurisdiction over the addressee’s address and bring or mail the Report for the Import of Rice (use the copy for the Customs of the report in triplicate) to Tokyo Overseas Mail Sub-branch Customs.