TNT Express announces to stop import into Japan of all shipments which require plant quarantine or animal quarantine inspection at TNT gateways in Japan from 18 January 2010. However, we partially deal with those shipments when they are delivered through Special Services of TNT Express.
Please recognize and understand that, if arriving at TNT Tokyo/Osaka gateways from 18 January on, they will be returned to Origins excluding import deliveries using Special Services of TNT Express.
Shipment items, which require plant quarantine or animal quarantine inspection and we stop import for at this time, are as follows (not all items are listed).
- fresh, cut or dried flower, leaf
- seed, root
- tobacco, tobacco leaves
- potpourri
- vegetable, fruit
- frozen fruit
- non-roasted coffee bean
- beans, except canned-beans
- meat, frozen meat, meat product, ham, sausage, beef jerky, including canned, bottled and vacuum pouched product
- wheat, sesame, cotton, grain
- malt, straw, rice
- animal bone, hone, antler
- animal origin blood, blood product, serum, antibody
- animal fur, feather
- bacteria, virus
- gelatin, collagen
- Soil
- pet food, pet chew