Gold Jewellery → Japan

Personal-effects allowance JPY 200,000 total; declare excess

Details

Japan Customs applies a JPY 200,000 personal-effects exemption to all unaccompanied or accompanied imports including jewellery. Single items above JPY 200,000 are dutiable in full at the personal-effects rate. Gold bullion (1 kg or more) is subject to a separate gold-import declaration regime, distinct from jewellery. Failure to declare gold purchased abroad has been a repeated focus of National Tax Agency enforcement.

Quantity limit

JPY 200,000 personal-effects allowance

Documentation required

• Customs declaration form above JPY 200,000

Legal reference

Customs Tariff Law of Japan, Personal-Effects Exemption

Leaving with this item

Personal gold jewellery may be exported from Japan for personal use; commercial quantities and gold bullion require declaration.

Practical advice

Declare on the customs form on arrival; valuation is on declared CIF / purchase value. Keep receipts; bringing the same jewellery you departed Japan with is exempt with proof.

Customs authority

Japan Customs (Ministry of Finance) · https://www.customs.mof.go.jp