Organization and Main Tasks of the Customs and Tariff Bureau
Coordination
Division
Information
Management Office・General policy concerning tariff, tonnage dues, and special tonnage dues
・Matters relating to the organization, staffing, and budget of the Customs andTariff Bureau
・General coordination of the Customs and Tariff Bureau
・Administration of the NACCS Inc.
・Research, planning and coordination of automated data processing relating to theCustoms administration

Personnel
Division
Office ofInspection of theCustom-Houses
Tariff Policy andLegal DivisionCounselor forInternational
Negotiations

Customs and Tariff Bureau

Office of EconomicPartnershipCounselorforInternational
Cooperation

・Matters relating to the personnel management of Customs, education and trainingof Customs officials
・Comprehensive inspection concerning the management and staff duties ofthe Customs administration
・Research, planning, and drafting relating to the tariff system
・Research and study of basic matters relating to tariff policy・Matters concerning the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange andOther Transactions
・Compilation and publication of foreign trade statistics and other
Customs statistics
・Tariff matters involving international organizations concerned witheconomic cooperation and development
・Matters relating to the World Trade Organization
・Research and study of the tariff systems in foreign countries
・Research concerning international trade
・Planning and drafting relating to economic partnerships
・Research, planning and drafting relating to multilateral and bilateralagreements and policy discussion on tariff
・Tariff matters involving international organizations concerned withregional cooperation
・Matters relating to the Customs Cooperation Council (World Customs Organization)・Matters relating to international cooperation concerning the Customs andTariff Bureau’s administrative tasks

Office of Trade
Remedy Affairs・Research relating to trade remedy affairs

Office of Rulesof Origin

・Planning and drafting relating to Rules of Origin

Customs
Administration
Research Office・Research and study of matters that are the basis of Customs administration

Director forTechnicalCooperation
Director for
Tariff Policy andLegal Affairs
Director forInternational
Affairs
Enforcement
Division
Director for
Customs
Surveillance andControl

・Matters relating to surveillance and control of export/import cargo,
vessels, aircrafts and passengers according to the Customs Law
・Matters relating to permission and collection of tariff with respect tothe exportation and importation of personal effects, etc. of passengers
and crews
・Matters relating to Customs seaports and airports
・Matters relating to Customs bonded areas

Special Officer for
Research on Customs
AreaCustoms Clearance
Division
Director forIntellectualProperty Rights
Director for
Research on Customs
and Tariff
Classification

・Matters relating to the collection of tariff, tonnage dues and special tonnage due
・Matters relating to Customs and tariff classification
・Matters relating to Customs Valuation
・Matters relating to permission and approval of importation and exportation
・Matters relating to analysis of goods of importation and exportation
・Matters relating to exportation and importation of postal cargo
・Matters relating to the authorization of Customhouse brokers, control of
their activities, and examination of registered Customs specialists
・Matters relating to the Customs Dissatisfaction Review Committee

Director for
Customs Valuation
Director for
Authorized Economic
Operator Program
Post Clearance
Audit,
Investigation andIntelligence
Division

Customs Training
Institute
Central Customs
Laboratory

・Research relating to cargoes that may infringe intellectual property righ・Research and enquiries concerning values, freight, insurance charges, etc.
of imported goods for the application of tariff application
・Matters relating to the investigation and disposition of violations of theCustoms Law, other related laws and regulations, and the collection andanalysis of information concerning such violations
・Contact and cooperation with Customs administrations of foreigncountries on information concerning violation of the Customs Law, etc.

・Training required for Customs officials to perform the work of Customs
administration
・International cooperation relating to the training concerning Customs
administration
・Analysis concerning import/export cargoes and tests, study and researchnecessary for the analysis