動物検疫―米国・ペンシルバニア州からの家きん輸入停止解除 ８月９日
Poultry import ban lifted (State of Pennsylvania in the U.S.A.)
Animal Quarantine Office announces that poultry import ban against poultry from the state is lifted as the notice informs as under.
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/syouan/douei/190809_16.html
国交省―ダブル連結トラックの運行路線拡充上 ８月９日
MLIT expands the routes articulated lorry can drive
https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001302408.pdf
植物防疫―コロンビア産アボカド条件付き解禁
Plant protection lifts import ban against avocados from Columbia
The authority has lifted the imported ban though it still retains certain health conditions for the fruit’s importation.
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/information/Zyoukentuki/20190731.html
食品検査―イタリア産ピスタチオナッツア及びその加工品 ８月９日
Food safety authority alerted pistachios and its preparation from Italy
The authority alerted that pistachios and its preparation because it has identified, aflatoxin, AFT, a controlled substance by Food Sanitation Law, from the shipment coming from Italy.The authority has determined mandatory inspection against the inbound shipments of the stuff from Italy.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_06161.html
スペイン発コンテナ上半期４．３％増加 JIFFA 8月8日
Containers to/from Spain Grow 4.3% in H1 JIFFA
Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) shares the subject line information as under.
https://www.jiffa.or.jp/en/news/entry-6018.html
東京税関―成田・羽田二空港貨物取扱量統計７月分 ８月７日
Cargo handling volume at two airports in Tokyo area
Tokyo Customs shares cargo handling figures at Haneda and Narita Airport for July 2019.
http://www.customs.go.jp/tokyo/narita_haneda-cargo/narita_haneda-cargo2019.htm
関税局―貿易統計７月上中旬分 ８月７日
Trade statistics for first 20 days in July 2019
Customs and Tariff Bureau of Japan shares the subject line statistics as under.
http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/latest/index_e.htm
関税局―評価事前教示回答―本邦到着までの運賃その他費用 ８月６日
CTB Valuation Office publishes advance ruling on freight and charges at ports
Japan is one of customs administrations adopted CIF as the basis for duty calculation.
Freights for the arrival ports are usually indicated on the shipping documents, but when the vessels are chartered it becomes complicated.
In this advance ruling, CTB clarifies what other expenses in the port calling maneuverings, from the charges for hiring pilots, charges to be paid for using port facilities to the labor cost of stevedores’, should be included in customs value
http://www.customs.go.jp/zeikan/seido/kanzeihyouka/2019jirei/jizen_koukai_2019_1.pdf
Customs Tariff Act Article 4 (subsection concerned)
(i)cost of transport, cost of insurance and other expenses, incurred for transportation of such imported goods to a port of importation (referred to as “cost of transport, etc. to a port of importation” in the next Article and paragraph (2) of Article 4-3);
厚労省―勤労統計２０１９年６月分 ８月６日
MHWL releases Labor Market (payment) Statistics for June 2019
Ministry of Health Welfare and Labor (MHWL)releases the statistics as under, saying that the payment for full time workers increased by 1.0% and for part time workers it decreased by 1.1%, and part time worker’s hourly wage rose 2.5% when they are compared with the same month in2018.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/monthly/r01/0106p/dl/pdf0106p.pdf
食品検査―タイ産ドリアン ８月５日 Food safety authority alerted durian and its preparation from Thailand The authority alerted that avocado and its preparation because it has identified procymidone, a controlled substance, from the shipment coming from Thailand. The authority has determined mandatory inspection against the inbound shipments of the stuff from the country. https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_06052.html
関税局―関税率表解説及び国際分類例規改正告知 8月5日
HS E-Notes and Opinions are reviewed and implemented from September 1
WCO HS committee holds twice a year meeting for updating the nomenclature to keep up with new technology and products. The latest committee’s conclusions on Explanatory Notes and Classification Opinions are transplanted into Japan’s answering documents and implemented from September 1.
http://www.customs.go.jp/kaisei/tsutatsu/2019tsutatsu/2019tsutatsu1028/index.htm
