Japan
Low-value import rules in Japan
Low-value consignments
Goods with a total customs value of ¥10,000 or less are exempt from customs duty and consumption tax, except for listed goods such as leather bags, knitted apparel and leather footwear.
In force from 2000-01-01 · Customs Tariff Law Art. 14(xviii)
What LandedGrid does not calculate for this destination
- preferences: EPA rates are covered where the partner country is unambiguous. GSP/LDC preferences and group agreements whose membership is not yet ingested are not offered.
- trade remedies: Anti-dumping, countervailing and emergency duties are imposed by cabinet order and are not in the tariff schedule LandedGrid ingests.
- quotas: Tariff-quota (TQ) lines are shown with their out-of-quota rate. In-quota treatment requires a quota certificate and is never assumed.
- excise: Liquor tax, tobacco tax and petroleum taxes are not calculated.
- regulatory: The tariff schedule’s “Law” column flags other statutes (food sanitation, plant protection and others). The requirements themselves are not detailed.
- The tariff schedule pages state that they are “for reference only, not for official use”. LandedGrid treats them as the authoritative published schedule but every result links the source edition.