Many customers are still weary about buying a car directly from Japan. To make the process easier we would like to show what documents you will need to export the car into your country. As a matter of fact it is a lot easier than you may have imagined. We will take care of all needed paperwork on Japan side and you will need to find a customs’ broker on your end to smoothly customs clear your car. Here is the set of documents that you are going to receive from us
1. Bill of Lading
One of the most important documents you will have on hands. It contains information regarding owner (customer), vessel name, voyage number, type of cargo shipped (in most of the cases maker and chassis number), departure port, destination port and departure date. The shipping company issues Bill of Lading on the day of vessel’s departure from the port. It takes around a week for a shipper to receive it since it goes through customs and broker channels before shipper can receive it
2. Export Deregistration Certificate (yushutsu masho)
Same as Bill of Lading, it is one of the most important documents that is similar to “Car Title”. This document is issued by road police office upon shipper’s application request. This document contains information regarding previous owner and technical specification of a certain vehicle.
3. English translation of Export Deregistration Certificate
This translation is required by your local customs agent and is provided and verified by our company
4. Commercial Invoice
It is issued by our company and contains information regarding customer name, address, incoterm, goods type and price
5. ONLY FOR USA CUSTOMERS – ISF form (International Security Filing). We will provide all needed information so you can fill out this form that needs to be done while the car is being shipped. This form is quite straightforward so you should not have any problems with it
