Spain / EU → Japan
Regulatory Assistant
Describe your product and our AI assistant will prepare a report for you containing the documents, checks, tariffs under the EU–Japan agreement and the official sources you need to review before exporting.
- Official sources, cited and dated
- Sector-specific guidelines reviewed by the Japopedia team
- One product per enquiry
Try out the app with your product before you pay
Create your free account and add your product along with its HS code: we’ll prepare your requirements report for Japan and make it available in the app, along with market information and a price calculator. No card required and no expiry date.
This is what a report looks like
A real-life example, summarised, just to give you an idea of what it’s like.
Enquiry: «I want to export mature Manchego cheese to Japan – vacuum-packed wedges for supermarkets».
Example dated 28 September 2026, not updated. Requirements and tariffs change (those under the EU–Japan agreement are reduced every 1 April): do not use this for your transaction. For your product, request your own report, which is compiled using the current data.
Mature Manchego cheese · vacuum-packed wedges
It can be exported, but this requires official health certificate, import notification with every delivery and label in Japanese. Under the EU–Japan agreement, you pay a 13 % duty-free, with no quota, compared with the general rate of 29.8% for Q1–Q3.
What your company is preparing
- Official health certificate (MAPA or your regional government)
- Ingredients and additives with percentages, and the manufacturing process
- Declaration of origin on the invoice, for the reduced tariff
What your importer does
- Import notification to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for each consignment
- Label in Japanese, listing milk as a mandatory allergen
- Customs clearance and payment of duties
Watch out for
- Additives: each one must be authorised in Japan for that use
- The tariff heading (0406.90) is for guidance only: please confirm it by means of a preliminary classification
How it works
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Describe your product
What it is, how it is presented and why you’re sending it. If a crucial piece of information is missing, the Wizard will ask you for that specific piece of information.
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Get your report
Risks, documents, restrictions, tariffs and official sources, with up-to-date data and their level of reliability.
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Save it and carry on
Download it as a PDF onto your computer. If you’ve enquired about several products, click here to view the next one.
Why you can trust us
Each piece of data, with its source
The report cites the official Japanese or European source for each requirement and tariff, along with the date on which we verified it. You can open it and see for yourself.
Always up to date
Each sector has its own database, compiled from official sources and reviewed by the Japopedia team, and health-related closures are checked every night.
It tells you how much you can trust it
Each report has its own confidence level. If any verified data is missing, it will point this out and tell you how to confirm it.
What it doesn’t do: It does not provide legal advice or handle administrative procedures, certificates or translations, and only provides information on exporting to Japan. It is intended to help you be well-prepared when dealing with your importer, your adviser or customs.
Is it suitable for my product?
These sectors have their own data sets, compiled from official sources:
- Ham, cold meats and meat
- Oil, cheese, tinned food and groceries
- Fish and seafood
- Wine, cava and alcoholic drinks
- Fresh fruit and vegetables
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Supplements and medicines
- Medical devices
- Chemicals, plastics and paints
- Fashion, footwear and jewellery
- Furniture, homewares, ceramics and toys
- Hardware, tools and metals
- Machinery, the automotive industry and electrical appliances
- Sport, leisure and musical instruments
- Pet food and feed
Is yours not on the list? Feel free to ask anyway: we’ll give you some general guidance – clearly marked as such – and let you know what you should check with an adviser.
Plans
Shōnin
Try out the app with your product before you pay
Free
No card. It is activated once you have verified your email address.
- 1 product, with its requirements specification for Japan
- Your product’s market: exports, competitors and average price
- The arrival price calculator
- 1 recommended partner for your product
- Up-to-date reports and notifications when something changes
- Questions for the Assistant
- All the recommended partners, their full profiles and how to introduce yourself to each one
Tegata
A product enquiry, no subscription required: to find out about a new product or for your customers
from 50 €/dossier
VAT-free · Pay-as-you-go · Credits for 12 months
- Can you enter Japan? A clear answer, with the essentials
- Requirements, official tariff and estimated arrival price
- Market, prospective partners and trade fairs for the year
- As a PDF, to be submitted to the company that requires it
- 5 people on the account, sharing the credits
Ōdana
Japan, under scrutiny: regulations before they are passed, your market and what’s missing from your product – first and foremost
1.000 €/year
Excl. VAT · €83.33/month · 2 months free
Month by month: €100 per month, no minimum contract period, same as before
- Up to 10 products, each with its own requirements report, which is always up to date
- Alerts when there are changes in Japan: health-related suspensions and border rejections
- Japan’s draft regulations, prior to their adoption, with a deadline for comments
- Market updates: Spain’s position, competitors and prices
- Recommended partners with full profiles and how to introduce yourself to each one; the list is growing alongside the directory
- Questions for the Assistant about your products
- The market for each product and the landing price calculator
- Every Monday, the Regulatory Radar: what you need to keep an eye on this week
- What’s missing from your product, first of all: a revised foundation and partners within 10 working days (as part of the monthly plan, from the fourth month onwards)
- 2 people included (additional people: €300 per year each)