IOR – Importer of record / Logistics

We (and other clients) have used a company called Zino to ship from China – Amazon FBA in Japan.

They include acting as “importer of record” in their service. They have a minimum delivery of 2 cubic metres.

http://www.zino.net.cn/en/index.php Contact Oliver: oliver@zino.net.cn

 If you want to use your own shipping company then you will need to use an importer of record service for Japan like one of these:

IOR Importer of record Providers for Japan:

1. aroundthe-world.net
2. mikasa-net.co.jp
3. kwesales.co.jp/english/service/ior.htm
4. ks-exp.com/en/fba.html

Import Compliance

Japan has strict import controls for some product categories:

• Food & Drink
• Food containers
• Cutlery
• Supplements
• Health products like Vitamins & supplements & medical products
• Electric products
• Toys
• Beauty products like skincare & make-up
• Sharp objects – knives etc
• Compressed gases

The Japan External trade Organization has some useful resources here: https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/reports/regulations.html

Amazon Japan has some information here: https://services.amazon.com/global-selling/expand-to-japan/local-laws.html

For product testing an international product testing company like https://www.intertek.com/ can help.

Tax

For Tax enquiries please contact simplyvat

http://www.simplyvat.com/ Their website is focussed on EU information but they have someone in their team to handle Japan.