Procedure for temporary measures to accept scanned or hard copies of export certificates

The MAFF accepts scanned or hard copies of export certificates for animals, plants and their products to be exported to Japan in order to facilitate trade in face of COVID-19 outbreak. Please follow the procedures in Annex 1 for plant protection or Annex 2 for animal health if you wish to use scanned or hard copies of original export certificates in exporting the products to Japan. If you have any questions about these procedures, please send messages to the following contact points;
・Plant protection: Plant Protection Division (ippc_contact@maff.go.jp
・Animal Health: Animal Health Division (iqp@maff.go.jp