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Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. （JFTC） on Nov. 30, 2011 submitted its opinions?on behalf of shippers （trading houses）?to the Ministry of Finance （MOF） on having a system equivalent to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection （CPB）'s 24-Hour Advanced Vessel Manifest Rule （24-Hour Rule） to be introduced in Japan.
The MOF accepted opinions from the general public on its draft on launching the system in Japan, under which detailed information on seaborne import containers bound for Japan can be obtained early in a computerized format.
JFTC indicated it is in favor of having the system introduced and promoted in Japan, hoping that requiring senders to submit data on cargoes before mainline vessels are loaded with them would facilitate trade information to be processed in a computerized format.
''In the existing customs-clearance system, the Nippon Automated Cargo Clearance System （NACCS）, freight information is not fully disclosed to shippers,'' added the industry group of trading companies.
Therefore, it claimed there are no an organic links between customs-clearance instructions shippers send to forwarders and cargo information that forwarders obtain from the NACCS.
As such, the Tokyo-based organization demanded the NACCS be altered so that shippers could obtain cargo information earlier to use it when sending instructions to forwarders.
In addition, JFTC suggested that an arrangement be made when the system is implemented in Japan so that information on cargoes from China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and other neighboring economies in Asia would be presented 12 hours?not 24 hours?in advance to when vessels are loaded with them at foreign ports.
