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Cyber Port—an online platform developed and operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan’s Ports and Harbours Bureau—will collect user fees from April. Companies will each be required to pay ¥6,600 (US$43) per month no matter how many offices or users they have.
However, the service will remain free of charge until the number of transactions reaches 100 or the number of transactions is 10 or less within a month.
If companies only access Cyber Port for purposes other than making connections for trade documents, such as having chats, making various settings, and so on, such purposes will not be counted as transactions. If only data are provided in EDIFACT, a service only available for shipping companies now, and connections are made for documents as part of inquiries with terminals and warehouses, such will not be counted, either. However, they will be counted as transactions for terminals and warehouses that receive inquires.
In late May every year, Cyber Port will charge user fees of the previous fiscal year.
