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How to Create
Invoice for
Fulfillment by Amazon
CONFIDENTIAL 2
<Note>
Please be advised that Amazon cannot serve as an ‘Importer of Record’ for goods sent
to Japan. You will need to be an importer of record in Japan.
<Requirements>
If you would like to send your products directly to Amazon’s Fulfillment Center (FC), please make sure
you fulfill the following requirements.
-You need to arrange for an Importer of Record. (Amazon cannot serve as an Importer of Record. You
must arrange for an Importer of Record or contact an agent that could help you with custom issues.)
-You need to append the importer to the shipping address (C/O + “importer name”) on the shipping slip.
-You need to write down your Importer of Record on your Invoice.
-You need to write down the PO number on the shipping slip and invoice. (PO number can be found on
your FBA Shipment Record in Seller Central.)
-You cannot set the receiver (= Amazon) as the “desnaon dues/taxes”.
Amazon(=receiver) cannot pay any custom dues or taxes on your behalf.
*If you cannot arrange for an Importer of Record or agency for customs, you cannot export
your products into Japan.
As menoned…
AMAZON CANNOT BE YOUR IMPORTER
If your item arrives without having an importer, your shipment will either be returned or disposed at customs.
Please carefully review from the next page on HOW TO LIST YOUR INVOICE AND AIRWAY BILL
when you ship directly to Amazon’s Fulfillment Center(FC) from overseas.
We will introduce INVOICE AND AWB (AIR WAY BILL) SAMPLES on the next page followed by
instrucons.
Note & Requirements
CONFIDENTIAL 3
Add the importer (third party) name/company as the C/O following Amazon FC’s address.
→If you don’t add the detail, your shipment will get stuck at customs and your shipment will either end up
geng returned or disposed.
②&③ Payments (Transportaon and Duty/Taxes)
NEVER CHOOSE RECIPIENT
→If you select Recipient instead of Sender or Third Party, that means you are choosing Amazon to pay for the
Transportaon cost and Duty/Taxes. However, because Amazon cannot be your importer and cannot cover any
cost for transit, your shipment will either get stuck at Customs or Amazon FC will refuse to receive. Please check
your incoterms (transportaon agreement), and select the most appropriate party within the checkbox to be
billed.
④ Sender’s Internal Billing Reference
WRITE YOUR PO NUMBER
*You can find your PO informaon on Seller Central’s Shipment Record.
→If anything happens to your shipment, the carrier and Amazon might be able to track your shipment if you
write your PO for our reference.
Recipient's Name / Company Name
Example of Airway bill
CONFIDENTIAL 4
⑤ Importer’s Detail
Write importer’s detail on the Invoice
(Company name, Address, Contact person, Telephone number)
→If you don’t menon any details about the importer on your invoice, your shipment will get stuck at
Customs unl you find an importer in Japan. Worst case, your shipment will either be returned or disposed
at customs.
Example of Invoice
CONFIDENTIAL 5
As a seller on the Amazon plaorm, it is your responsibility to comply with all laws and
regulaons and with Amazon policies. You are responsible for conducng proper research
to ensure that your products can be exported to Japan and Amazon. You may be required
pre-approval from each authority prior to exporng products to Amazon. We encourage
you to consult with your legal counsel if you have quesons about the laws and
regulaons concerning your products. You can also find some informaon from following:
JETRO
hp://www.jetro.go.jp/
Japan Customs hp://www.customs.go.jp/english/index.htm
METI
hp://www.me.go.jp/english/index.html
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