A declaration for reporting exports with a value greater than 5 million yen to the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI).

The Japanese government uses this declaration for currency control and statistical purposes.

You must print the each MITI Export Report on a special form (Yushutsu Houkokusho) provided by the authorities. Print three copies and give them to the Japanese customs authorities after the customs inspection is completed. The customs authorities keep the original and one of the duplicates. They check and stamp the second duplicate and return it to the exporter. They forward the original to MITI and the duplicate to the Ministry of Finance.

The MITI Export Report contains the following data:

• Name and address of the shipper
• Ship-to party
• Commodity code
• Freight category number
• Official bank confirmation on foreign currency
• Items and quantity
• FOB value and total invoice amount
• Currency
• Means of payment
• Date of payment
• Number of the valid export license issued by MITI (if applicable)