Japan Post will implement special EMS surcharges on June 1, 2021

On April 15, Japan Post Co., Ltd. announced that it will implement a special surcharge for EMS from June 1, 2021 (Tuesday). In addition, the previously suspended EMS service to the United States is expected to be restarted due to customer requests for early resumption of use and repeated negotiations in the direction of the relationship between the two parties . And the additional fee will be charged from the same day .

Japan Post said that the additional surcharge was mainly due to the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a decrease in air transport volume and rising transportation costs. The additional surcharge only applies to special regions, including Oceania, North and Central America, the Middle East, Europe and other regions .

Also, from January 1, 2021 (Friday), electronic dataization for customs clearance in Japan will become mandatory . If submitted in the form of handwritten EMS labels, etc., there is a risk of customs clearance or return to the destination country.

In addition, the U.S. Post Office has issued a notice that handwritten labels cannot be used for goods shipped to the U.S. Since the "International Mail" service on the Japan Post official website allows mail to be sent without handwritten labels, Japan Post recommends that customers register as "International Mail" as soon as possible to prepare for the resumption of EMS services to the U.S.

Japan Post is a 100% state-owned enterprise. It has 24,341 post offices in 1,741 cities in Japan , covering the entire country (including 4,191 simple post offices ) . To some extent, it is similar to the coverage of China Post. Among them, international logistics is the third largest business of Japan Post , accounting for about 16.53% of total revenue .

As one of the countries that developed online shopping earlier, Japan has become a fairly large e-commerce market. In terms of market share, Japanese e-commerce is similar to that of the United States . Although Japan has only 119 million Internet users, which is only about 38% of the US population, Japan's economic situation and the Japanese habit of using e-commerce have made Japan one of the more developed e-commerce markets.

Moreover, the Japanese market is technologically advanced, with a high penetration rate of computers and mobile devices and strong solvency, and has always been an important market for Asian e-commerce. However, Japanese consumers also attach great importance to timeliness, which makes logistics selection a relatively important part. Many purchasing agents will choose Japan Post's international service because of its stability; with its wide coverage, many cross-border sellers now choose Japan Post for the last leg, and Japan Post has also reached a logistics cooperation with Tesco, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in China.

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