Press Release
For Immediate Release
Date: 10 January 2013
Total: 2 pages

NACCS SIGNS SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT WITH
‘TRADE TECH, INC.’REGARDING ADVANCE FILING RULES
Kawasaki, Japan- 10 January 2013- Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated
System, Inc. (NACCS Center) signed the agreement with Service Provider ‘Trade Tech, Inc.’(Bellevue, USA) to connect each other’s system to enable Carriers and NVOCCs in foreigncountries, the filers of the newly enacted Japan’s Advance Filing Rules*, to reportelectronically through NACCS to Japan Customs. The details are shown below.
*Advance Filing Rules: On March 30, 2012, a bill to amend part of the Customs Law
passed through the Diet in Japan. This amendment enacts the Advance Filing Rules,
which require a vessel operator or a NVOCC to electronically submit information on
maritime container cargoes to be loaded on a vessel intended to entry into a port inJapan, to Japan Customs in principle no later than 24 hours before departure of thevessel from a port of loading. The electronic report from foreign filers will be madethrough service providers authorized by NACCS Center.
◆The date of Agreement: 10 January 2013
◆The place of Agreement: NACCS Center Headquarters◆Person signed the agreement
NACCS Center: Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto, President & CEO
Service Provider: Trade Tech, Inc.
Mr. Bryn Heimbeck, President■Contact Information on this PR:
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Planning and Research Department (Takaaki Kanrei, Hidetoshi Aramaki)
Solid Square West Tower 8th Fl. 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan
Tel ：+81-44-520-6278

Fax：+81-44-520-6247 E-mail: afr-c@naccs.jp

For further information, please visit NACCS Center website. Advance Filing Rules page contains
information on operational issues of the rules and list of authorized Service Providers.
http://www.naccs.jp/e/afr/index.html

1【Signing the agreement】◆ Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto, President & CEO
I am very pleased to share that NACCS Center and Trade Tech signed the service provider
agreement on Advance Filing Rules at our headquarters today.
TradeTech, the first authorized service provider in the US, has considerable experience andachievements as a service provider for advance filing rules of foreign Customs
administrations such as the US AMS filing. Partnering with TradeTech is encouraging news toensure smooth operations of Japan’s Advance Filing Rules.
With an eye toward the formal launch of the rules in March next year, we are going to spend
time cooperating closely to build the system and be ready by then.

◆ Service Provider (TradeTech, Inc.)
Mr. Bryn Heimbeck, President
We are very excited about working with NACCS to support implementation of Japan’s 24-hourrule. This is just another example of where relying on a Cloud-based technology solution
creates a single global solution. We believe that 10 years from now most countries will use theCloud, which presents the opportunity to link people globally on a single interface, while
facilitating service to the customer.
We are delighted that our customers will be able to continue to count on Trade Tech’ssolutions for security compliance as Japan joins the US, Canada, Mexico, and the European
Union in requiring 24-hour advanced manifest information.

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