Fresh Fruit 🇯🇵 Japan
Strict plant quarantine; most fruit prohibited
Can I bring Fresh Fruit into Japan?
Strict plant quarantine; most fruit prohibited
Only from approved origins with certificate
- Phytosanitary certificate
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Japan's Plant Protection Station enforces strict quarantine on fresh fruit. Most fruits from most countries are prohibited due to pest concerns (Mediterranean fruit fly, codling moth, etc.). Some fruits from specific countries are permitted with phytosanitary certification. Inspection at port of entry is mandatory.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 100000–5000000 JPY
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Japan with fresh fruit
Personal-use quantities of fresh fruit may generally be exported from Japan for personal consumption; destination-country biosecurity restrictions on arrival are typically the binding constraint. Commercial or above-personal-use fresh-fruit export requires a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the national plant protection organisation under the IPPC framework. Many destinations (Australia, New Zealand, US, Japan, EU for particular fruits) restrict or prohibit personal-import of fresh fruit regardless of origin-side export permissions. Australia and New Zealand additionally seize fresh fruit that reaches their border with fines.
Most fresh fruit is prohibited. Check MAFF approved lists for specific fruit-country combinations.
Only from approved origins with certificate
- Phytosanitary certificate
Plant Protection Act
This page covers destination customs rules in Japan. Whether you can carry fresh fruit through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Fresh Fruit rules in other countries
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🇦🇺 Australia
Most fresh fruit is prohibited due to biosecurity risk. Must be declared.
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🇺🇸 United States
Most fresh fruit prohibited without permit
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🇸🇬 Singapore
Generally permitted with declaration
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Subject to MOCCAE inspection
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🇩🇪 Germany
EU phytosanitary rules apply from non-EU
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🇨🇦 Canada
CFIA inspection; most commercial fruit permitted