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 Alcoholic
beverages, tobacco products, currency, etc.
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In General, passengers do not have to pay duty on used items brought into Japan
for personal use.
< Liquor>
Residents and non-residents of Japan may receive duty free treatment for three
760ml bottles into Japan.
< Tobacco>
Residents of Japan may receive duty free treatment for 200 foreign cigarettes
or 50 cigars or 250 grams of smoking tobacco, and in addition, 200 Japanese cigarettes
into Japan.
Non-residents may receive duty free treatment for 400 foreign cigarettes or 100
cigars or 500 grams of smoking tobacco, and in addition, 400 Japanese cigarettes
into Japan.
< Perfume>
Each passenger may receive duty free treatment for 2 ounces of perfume into Japan.
The duty-free allowance for gift and other items except liquor, tobacco and perfume,
that you bring into Japan, apart from personal possessions is 200,000 yen (market
value).
All passengers who are having articles shipped separately, or who have unaccompanied
luggage, must fill out two copies of the Declaration of Accompanied Personal
Effects and Unaccompanied Articles (Form C 5360-2). Such items must be imported
within six months of the date of arrival in Japan. Without these completed forms,
passengers must pay duty charges on all new items brought unaccompanied into
Japan, except those goods valued under 10,000 yen. If these forms are completed,
such items will be subject to duty charges only if their value plus the value
of accompanied items exceeds 200,000 yen.
Those passengers who are moving to Japan may exempt personal and household effects
from duties by filing two of the aforementioned forms, if another carrier is
sending such articles.
Passengers will receive the Declaration of Accompanied Personal Effects and Unaccompanied
Articles (Form C 5360-2) in their aircraft or at Japanese customs. |
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