Surprise! Amazon Japan will lift this restriction starting May 16

Previously, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to comply with social distancing regulations and protect the health and safety of Amazon warehouse personnel, Amazon Japan has set a number of weight restrictions (small /standard/large size products), and the maximum weight limit for each shipping box is 15 kg.

Recently, Amazon Japan announced that from May 16, 2022, the Amazon Logistics (FBA) delivery service will cancel the weight limit of 15 kilograms for each transport box.

Why is there a maximum weight limit for each shipping box?

As foreign countries have relaxed their attitude towards epidemic control, Amazon Logistics (FBA) has lifted the weight limit of 15 kg for each shipping box.

Some people may ask, what does the weight limit of shipping boxes have to do with the epidemic?

You should know that even in Amazon warehouses with increasing levels of automation, sometimes two or more people are needed to carry a heavy cardboard box together. In order to reduce close contact between warehouse workers, Amazon Logistics (FBA) sets a weight limit for each shipping box, so that one person can complete the handling of a shipping box.

Previously, Amazon was sued by French warehouse staff for not paying attention to the health and safety of warehouse staff. Amazon was sued by the French trade union, and the court required it to close its factories in France and make rectifications.

Therefore, Amazon has set weight limits for warehouse shipping boxes to protect the health of warehouse workers.

Amazon also set weight limits in the UK, France, Italy and Spain.

In addition to Amazon Japan, Amazon's sites in the UK, France, Italy and Spain have also set a weight limit of 15 kilograms for each shipping box in order to protect the health of warehouse workers .

However, as early as October 22, 2020, these four Amazon sites had resumed receiving and processing individual products and packages weighing more than 15 kilograms. Only the Japanese site recently announced the cancellation of the weight limit.

However, the removal of the weight limit is good news for sellers on the Japanese site, because before this, if sellers on the Japanese site sent items that exceeded the weight, they would be rejected by the Amazon warehouse.

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