can somebody tell me about this? and what should i know? i mean if i import something like goods etc. what are the requirements needed,fees and clearances need to be done

thanks in advanced

may

i assume you mean "import" as in
what you ship when you move to
Japan?

when we moved to japan, we
shipped our things through a
shipping/relocating company.

there were no duties to pay for our
things (including a few boxes of non-
perishable food & household items),
but we did have to pay tax on the
wine: I believe it was 300yen per
bottle, over the free limit of 3 bottles.

as i recall there were other special
items that could be taxed: rice. new
electronics or furniture. i don't
remember what else.

hope that helps.

If you are shipping things into Japan which are your personal effects, eg if you are moving house to Japan, you are meant to fill in a customs declaration when you arrive at Narita, using a form called "declaration of unaccompanied baggage", saying how many boxes and roughly what is in them, and this usually means you don't have to pay duty on the goods when they arrive.

If you didn't fill in the form, it is possible you will be charged duty on some things, but you can probably get around this by doing a form letter of apology. One year I shipped some boxes of books, clothes etc back to Japan via UPS after a holiday in the UK, and forgot to do the unaccompanied baggage form, so ran into customs problems, but UPS gave me an apology letter to copy and send in, and after that everything went smoothly and I didn't have to pay duty.

yelena and bethan

thank you so much for ure reply but im sorry i didnt completely say what kind of import hehehe i mean if im gonna import goods for my business ( ex. clothing,bags,any fashion items ) what are the requirements needed? fees?

thank you once again

May
why don't you check the site of Japan Customs.
www.customs.go.jp/index_e.htm


Regards
Amit

halu amito

thank you...
ive checked that site and talked to the customs counselors already..have a nice day