Rates cannot be used for Acadia, Matrix and similar massive rate inquires:

• Quote Validity - 30 days from date of the quotation

Rate includes the following services:

1. Complete customs clearance application and processing. 
2. Inbound transportation from the Port of Entry to the customs inspection facility if the Japanese Customs Office requests the shipment for a physical, or an x-ray or both custom inspections.   
3. Delivery to the residence without elevator up to and including 2nd floor (residence with elevators to any floor). 
4. Delivery into the residence.
5. Unpacking of boxes to flat surface including place setting of furniture. 
6. On the day of delivery disposal of unpacked packing materials of items indicated to be unpacked.
7. Return of empty container LCL lift-van to the warehouse for recycling/disposal and return of the FCL containers to the container returning yard.
8. Normal and easy road access from port to residence.
9. Delivery to the residence with easy road access and easy access from the truck parking area to the entrance of the residence and easy access to the inside of the delivery residence with carrying from the truck parking area to the residence entry up to 30 meters.

Rate excludes the following services: 

1. Abnormal access of roads from the port of entry to the residence.
2. Adjustments to inventory lists that have PBO – Inventory lists must be a descriptive listing of the contents of boxes, packages, and bundles.
3. Shuttle trucking.
4. Assembling of Ikea furniture, and furniture that requires a third-party furniture company.
5. Electrical connections for electronic items and items of Plumbing connections.
6. B/L exchange fees & any demurrage.
7. Crane or outside an elevator.
8. Heavy items handling - such as safes, marble items, and other such heavy items as Piano's, etc...
9. Stair carry above the 2nd floor.
10. Long Carry of 30 meters or more.
11. Curb Side Delivery.
12. Any services deemed to be "Out of the ordinary
13. Port Storage and demurrage if the customer does not provide the required documents in time for a timely Japanese Customs Clearance Application and Processing.
14. If the customer requested delivery date is after Japanese Customs Clearance has been approved for import permission and requests a delivery date after 2 days of entering our warehouse storage and other warehouse charges will occur and invoiced as instructed to whom these charges are to be invoiced. In the case of customer payment, payment must be received in full before the shipment can be released in part or full, from our warehouse, including any 3rd partly access of the shipment in part or full.
15. Port & terminal handling charges - THC & B/L exchange fees & demurrage deposit, D/O Fees & all other Japan Side Port Charges
16. Destination Charge does not include your "Bank Receiving Sending of Funds" when sending a payment to International Moving Heavy Lift Cargo Japan. VERY IMPORTANT REGARDING BANK TRANSFER PAYMENTS: When paying for an International Moving Heavy Lift Cargo Japan invoice to International Moving Heavy Lift Cargo Japan banking account the "Bank Wire Sending Fees are not included in the above quotations and also the bank sending and bank receiving charges are for the payor's account and not for the payee's account.

Important Remarks

1. Any Japan Side Port Charges and Local fees that are excluded or send on a collect bases will be billed back to you as per receipts unless otherwise instructed to send these charges billed to the customer and which also, in this case, these charges are and must be received in full payment before the customers' shipment can be released for delivery in full and or in partial delivery and with no access to take out the shipment from the warehouse by self and or by another third party.
2. If the Japanese Customs Office pulls, requests, and requires a physical, an x-ray, or both inspections. Japanese Customs Inspection Charges are an estimated purposes only* (Physical Inspection and X-ray Inspection charges depend on the number of items requested for inspection): LCL single shipper is JPY 10,000 to JPY 35,000 per shipment and FCL single shipper is for 20ft containers JPY 10,000 to 45,000 and FCL 40ft containers JPY 25,000 to JPY 45000 and for 40fthc containers JPY 35,000 to JPY 55,000. These charges are not included in the Destination rates if the Japanese Customs Office pulls, requests, and requires a physical, an x-ray, or both inspections.
3. Please arrange for all THC charges, DO charges and any other Japan Port Charges to be sent on a prepaid basis. THC Japan Port Side and all other Japan Side Port Charges are for estimated purposes only - please check with the carrier you intend to utilize for their THC Japan Port Side charges – LCL- 3,800 to JPY 4,800 per one cubic meter / JPY for 20ft container - JPY 32,000 to JPY 42,000 per one B/L (please check with the freight forwarder you intend to utilize as between freight forwarders these charges are different) Carriers DOC fee JPY 5,000 to JPY 10,000 per B/L  Please arrange for all THC charges, DO charges and any other Japan Port Charges to be sent on a prepaid basis. All collect charges will be billed back to you at cost. Please advise well in advance if the customer is to pay for these charges.
4. Advise well in advance if the customer is to pay for any Japanese Port of Arrival Charges, THC, CFS, and D/O fees and any other Japan Side Port Charges.  Do not include any food products including spices, herbs, and pet foods into the shipment - Japanese Customs have become very strict with food products including spices, herbs, and pet foods - and the Japanese Customs Office will pull all these the shipment for special customs inspections that are extremely expensive and cause extreme delays
5. The Japanese Customs Office is taking an extremely strict enforcement policy on food products including spices, herbs, and pet foods considering that the Japanese Customs Office is taking very strict policy enforcement and pulling all shipments that have these items for intensive inspections. These items are to be considered as PROHIBITED for importation.
6. The Customer due to insurance reasons vehicles and other insurance reasons - customers are not permitted to remove items from the delivery trucks nor able to be in the trucks for any reason including riding in the trucks and also the 20ft, 40ft and 40fthc containers.
7. When consigning of this shipment to our care please contact for the "Consignee and Shipping Instructions" Rate is only for single shipper All invoices from International Moving Heavy Lift Cargo Japan do not include your "Bank Receiving Sending of Funds" for when sending a payment to International Moving Heavy Lift Japan.
8. Non-Japanese Nationals must have a valid working visa for Japan (a one year or more working visa) and the shipment must be coming from the customers departing country of residence, and be imported within six months from the date or entry of the customer's physical arrival into Japan. This applies to Japanese Nationals all except for that a working visa is not required. For more information regarding this and other Japanese Customs Rules please refer to the "IAM Country Guide"
9. All consignments are on a prepaid basis and payable by the agent or shipper, 15 days prior to the vessels arrive at the port of entry
10. All consignments are on a prepaid basis.
11. Arrange for the THC, DO and any other Japan Port Charges to be sent on a prepaid basis. All collect charges will be billed at cost unless otherwise instructed with a 15-day prior notice to invoice to the customer.

• All wooden packing materials must be ISPM-15 – disposal charges for non-compliment ISPM-15 will be invoiced additionally and payable before the shipment can be released for delivery to the customer.

Documents Required for Used Household Goods and Personal Effects for Non-USA Military Arm-Forces Personnel:

1. Original Customs Declaration Form C5360 (this is the small yellow form which is distributed in-flight and is also available in the baggage claim area upon arrival. Please advise the customer to complete 2 of the Customs Declaration Form C5360, check-marking the "YES" on the question "Do you have Unaccompanied Articles" The customer is required to hand both these Customs Declaration Form C5360 as the customer is declaring their "On-flight Accompanied Luggage and Articles to the Custom Inspecting Office who will return only one to the customer. This is Original Customs Declaration Form C5360 we will require for the customers "Unaccompanied Shipment".
2. Copy of passports of those declared on the Japanese Customs Declaration Form C5360.
3. Color Copy of Entry Stamp into Japan (this much match the date stamped on the Original Customs declaration form C5360.
4. Detailed packing list/inventory in English or Japanese (do not use PBO, Packages, Bundles, items from Garage, etc.… items listed must be descriptive of the items.
5. Ocean bill of lading (OBL) /air waybill (AWB).
6. Keys/combinations to any locked baggage.
7. If the customer is a USA Military Personnel (SoFA Status) a clear copy of Letter of Authorization.

Specific Information

1. The owner of the goods must be physically present in Japan prior to the Customs clearance and during the Customs Clearance date of the shipment. (Physical presence at the Japanese Customs Site Inspection is not required) Please note that it generally requires 7 to 10 working days for the clearance and the delivery for a sea shipment and generally requires 3 to 5 working days for the clearance and the delivery for an air shipment, assuming that all required paperwork and documentation has been received by us the time the shipment arrives at the POE. Any delays in providing us with all the correct paperwork and documents can result in additional charges that will be invoiced to either you or the customer. And in which case must be pre-advised as to whom any such charges are to be billed to and that these charges are due before the shipment in full, in partial, to the customer, or a third party representing the customer, access for removal of items from the warehouse before the shipment can be released from the warehouse for delivery to the customer. Pre-Japanese Clearance is not available, so shipments must coincide with the customer's arrival into Japan and or with 180 days of the customer's entry stamp into Japan. We recommend and request the 180 days period to be not more than 160 days of the customer's entry stamp into Japan. It is recommended and requested not more than 160 days of the customer's entry stamp into Japan.
2. The customer must be coming from the country of origin of the country of the shipment of the customer.
3. An air shipment packing list requires a detailed value of the items. (in the case you request a destination air shipment we will forward you an air shipment example of the format of the air inventory list that is required and mandatory by the Japanese Customs Office.
4. Household goods and Personal effects must be custom cleared with the Japanese Custom Office within 6 months of the date of entry on the Original Customs declaration form C5360 certificated/stamped by the Customs Officer at the airport of entry of the customer.
5. Original Japanese Custom Declaration Form C5360 certificated/stamped by Customs at the airport of entry of the customer.
6. For Non-USA Military Arm Forces Personnel and for USA Military Arm Forces Personnel - Two custom declaration forms must be completed in duplicate for unaccompanied articles.
7. Both forms must be submitted to the officials at the accompanied baggage inspection area upon arrival in Japan.
8. One is used as the Customs record and the duplicate will be returned with an official seal.
9. In the event, the declaration form is not completed and certified by Customs officials upon entry, the shipment may be subject to duties and taxes.
10. Newly purchased items are duty and tax-free up to JPY200,000.
11. The owner of the goods should keep receipts with English translation for new items, as duty and tax may apply.
12. Copies of passports includes all members of the family indicated on the Japanese Custom Form C5360 with entry stamp, visa, passport information page and the passport photo, and signature page.
13. Japanese Customs Entry Stamp by the person declaration of the Japanese Custom Form C5360 at the airport of entry of the customer which must be the same date as stamped on the Japanese Custom Form C5360.
14. Japanese houses and apartments are generally smaller than in Western countries, and oversized furniture (e.g., couch, king size mattresses, etc.) may not fit through entrance doors, staircases, and other access areas.
15. Due to road conditions, traffic regulations /restrictions, ocean steel containers are inaccessible and are prohibited to be taken to the customers residence. All shipments are placed onto a smaller truck(s) to accommodate road access on the small streets in residential areas from after and at the Japanese Customs Inspection at the Inspection Site Facility after the shipment has been approved for import permission. The containers are returned to the returning Container Yard after the container unloading is finished at the Japanese Customs Inspection site facility.
16. Container trailer head drivers free waiting time is 2 hours.
17. Oversized furniture (e.g., couch, king size mattresses, etc.) may not fit  and cannot through entrance doors, staircases, windows, elevators and other residential access areas and in such case will be returned to our warehouse for storage purposes, payable customer unless otherwise instructed to invoice to someone other than the customer.

Remarks: SEA and AIR SHIPMENTS - IMPORTANT NOTICES:

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Japan Side Port charges/fees are excluded and will be billed back to as per paid out costs with receipts (unless otherwise instructed to bill any of these charges to the customer) - We recommend and request that all Japan Side Port Charges including the D/O fee be prepaid.
2. IMPORTANT NOTICE ON QUOTED RATE: and other noted prices  - these rates are only valid with terms and conditions that the Sea Bill of Lading of Seaway Bill of Lading be received 15 days before the vessel's arrival at the port of entry in Japan, and or the Air Bill of Lading be received within 7 days before the aircraft's arrival at the port of entry in Japan and all other required documents.
3. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Rate is only valid - that the customers' contact information (email address and all telephone and mobile numbers received 15 days of the vessels' arrival for a sea shipment and 10 days before for an air shipment.
4. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Invoicing is sent soon after receipt of the Sea Bill of Lading of Seaway Bill of Lading and or of the Airway Bill of Lading and is payable no less than 7 days before the sea shipment vessels' arrival at the seaport of entry, and no less than 7 days before the sea shipment vessels' arrival at the airport of entry.
5. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All wooden packing materials ISPM-15 is

• Restricted and Dutiable Items:

1. Plants with or without soil, fresh fruits, and vegetables (a quarantine certificate is required prior to Customs examination).
2. To import fresh meat including poultry, sausage, ham, bacon or any other meat products requires an animal health certificate issued by the animal health authority of the exporting country.
3. Bones, eggs, fat, blood, skins, hides, pelts, fur, hair, feathers, down, horns, antlers, hooves, etc. (subject to an animal quarantine inspection)
4. Medicines and cosmetics (e.g., pharmaceutical products; the amount for use during a period of 2 months; quasi-drugs: 24 pieces)
5. Alcohol and alcoholic beverages - that exceed the allotted limit by the Japanese Customs Office when the Japanese Customs Declaration Form is completed and processed properly and complete and processed with the Japanese Customs Office
6. the customer's airport of arrival into Japan. (For you reference and the customer's reference please note the example of the Japanese Customs Form "Customs Form C No. 5360-B”) 

• Prohibited Items:

1. Opium, ether, narcotic drugs and utensils for opium smoking, and stimulants (including Vick Inhalers and other similar Inhalers)
2. Psychotropic substances (excluding those designated by an ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare)
3. Counterfeit, altered, or imitated articles of coins, paper money, banknotes, or securities
4. Books, drawings, carvings, and any other article which injures public security or morals (obscene or immoral materials, pornography, etc.)
5. Articles which infringe upon rights in patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, copyrights, neighboring rights, or layout design of integrated circuits
6. Firearms (pistols, rifles, machine guns, etc.) and ammunition (bullets) thereof, and parts of firearms
7. Weapons (swords, daggers, bows, and arrows, etc. with blades more than 15 centimeters in length prohibited)

• Restricted and Dutiable Items:

1. Plants with or without soil, fresh fruits, and vegetables (a quarantine certificate is required prior to Customs examination). Please consider all Plants with or without soil, fresh fruits, and vegetables as even with a quarantine certificate is required prior to Customs examination it is extremely expensive and causes delay of extreme days, which due to this additional costs will incur and be invoiced for such delays and any related charges for any storage, storage handling, demurrage and etc. etc. other related charges.
2. To import fresh meat including poultry, sausage, ham, bacon or any other meat products requires an animal health certificate issued by the animal health authority of the exporting country. And again, please note to consider that these are all prohibited items for importation into Japan.
3. Bones, eggs, fat, blood, skins, hides, pelts, fur, hair, feathers, down, horns, antlers, hooves, etc. (subject to an animal quarantine inspection with expensive extra charges for these items, and all are taxable and dutiable. )
4. Medicines and cosmetics (e.g., pharmaceutical products; the amount for use during a period of 2 months; quasi-drugs: 24 pieces)
5. Alcohol and alcoholic beverages - that exceed the allotted limit by the Japanese Customs Office when the Japanese Customs Declaration Form is completed and processed properly and complete and processed with the Japanese Customs Office are taxable and dutiable.
6. For you reference and the customer's reference please note the example of the Japanese Customs Form "Customs Form C No. 5360-B”.

Best Regards

International Moving Heavy Lift Cargo JAPAN
Daniel Kuss
CEO and Founder
danielkuss@intlmovhl.com
Mobile : + 81 (0)80-7154-5963 : Primary
Tel/Fax : + 81 (0)46-876-6726
Yokosuka, Japan

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