Export

The information contained in this section is designed to point your company in the right direction for developing an export strategy tailored to the products or services you provide.

When exporting food products, the exporter should be aware of importation procedures, laws and administrative forms, in order to ease this process.

Despite the challenges posed by Japan’s diverse landscape, the country has an extensive transport and logistics network.

In Japan, good design goes beyond beauty and is a driving force behind society’s development. Good designs have to be of great quality, purpose and be seen as such by consumers.

Japan is the second largest jewellery market in the world, despite this fact the industry has remained flat over the past few years, and in the long term it is shrinking. This can be attributed to the decline in inbound demand from foreign visitors to Japan as well as the decline of domestic consumers and the tendency to marry later in life.

Japanese laws concerning labelling, product marking and packaging primarily relate to importation, security and health. Requirements are often product-specific and different from the EU standards which European businesses are accustomed to abiding by.

Consumers must be aware of you in order to purchase your product. But how do you become known on the market?