Exporting Japanese Wagyu, market by market.
Japanese Wagyu export runs on certified facilities and government health and quarantine certificates. The destination sets the rest — documents, tariff treatment and inspection. Conditions change, so we confirm the current requirements for your market on each shipment.
Six steps, Japan to destination.
Every shipment clears the same Japan-side chain before a destination applies its own rules. These six steps are common to all markets; what changes is the documentation and inspection each destination requires.
Facility approval
Slaughter and processing must run through facilities certified for the destination by Japan's MHLW.
Ante- and post-mortem inspection
Veterinary inspection of every animal; specified risk material (SRM) removed.
Meat sanitary certificate
Issued by the meat inspection authority under MHLW rules, carrying the details the destination requires.
Export quarantine certificate
Issued by Japan's Animal Quarantine Service (AQS) under the animal-health law.
Cold chain
Chilled held at 0–4°C, frozen at −18°C or below, unbroken to the port and destination.
Destination clearance
Certificates plus invoice, packing list and origin documents presented to the destination's import authority.
Import conditions by market.
Each market sets its own import regime on top of the Japan-side chain. Choose a destination for its eligibility, documents, facility approval, tariff treatment, format and clearance. Thailand and Vietnam follow in a later phase.
United States
Federal meat-inspection rules, two-layer facility approval and a tariff-rate quota, with re-inspection on arrival.
View conditions →02Hong Kong
Food-safety rules and an importer's licence; duty-free, with surveillance sampling on arrival.
View conditions →03Taiwan
Food-safety and quarantine conditions, facilities notified in advance, with multi-stage border inspection.
View conditions →About these conditions
This is general guidance, not a guarantee. Import eligibility, documents, tariff treatment and clearance times change — we confirm the current requirements for your market on each shipment, and source to order. Nothing here implies stock held in your market.
Tell us your destination market.
Share the market, grade, cuts and format you are working to — our Japan-side team replies with the current import conditions and what is workable.