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Newly Enforcement of Transshipment[1] Regulation in Japan



 In accordance with the Act, a license is required to make transshipment at Japanese airports or ports if arms are involved even when the goods are from foreign countries/regions.

New regulation is effective on and after June 1, 2007 to apply the same control as arms to other goods. That is, from June 1, 2007 on, the license is required to transship goods if it seems that those goods may be diverted to design, manufacture, development and storage of WMD and/or missiles even though the goods involved are not arms. It should be noted that it is also required to obtain permission from the Director-General of Customs to make transshipments of such goods in Japan.

Goods subject to this new regulation are listed in the center column of the Appendix Table No. 1, paragraphs 2 to 16 of the Export Trade Control Order.



2. To sum up, in accordance with the new regulation, the license from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and permission from the Director-General of Customs are required to make transshipments of certain goods in Japanese airports or ports though Japan is not the destinations/origins of the goods. It should be noted that those who involved in transportations such as shipping companies or airways companies or in transshipment have to obtain those licenses.

For further details on this new regulation, See the Appendix.


　


　
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[1] “Transshipment” means to unloading and re-exporting items to transfer to foreign countries.