Mercator regularly handles air freight from Japan to the UK on behalf of our customers. We were recently appointed to complete an import air freight from Japan of 2 pallets. Our customer had purchased the goods on an ex works (EXW) incoterm, and so we were asked to orchestrate the shipment from door to door.
Thanks to our founding membership of MarcoPoloLine (a global freight forwarder network), we were able to connect with our partner agent in Tokyo, who arranged directly with the seller of the goods the collection and delivery to the airline, along with air freight from Japan to London Heathrow.
The commercial goods being shipped from Japan to the UK were hazardous in nature and therefore required a MSDS (material safety data sheet) in order to be accepted by the airline for transit. A MSDS is a document which the manufacturer of the goods will be able to supply if you are dealing with hazardous goods for international transportation.
Once the two pallets of air freight from Japan arrived at London Heathrow, our import team handled the customs clearance and delivery to our customer door. In this instance there was only import VAT to pay on the goods which our customer requested to be filed under PVA (postponed VAT accounting).
If you have goods for shipping from Japan to the UK either by air or sea freight, get in touch with our import team who will be happy to assist you with a quote, please have the dimensions, weight, pick up and delivery postcodes on hand. You can contact the team by calling (+44) 02392 756 575, emailing sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk or completing the form below and someone will be in touch.
