{"id":7274,"date":"2024-03-27T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:11:34","slug":"air-freight-from-japan-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/air-freight-from-japan-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Freight from Japan to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercator regularly handles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/where-we-ship\/japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">air freight from Japan to the UK<\/a> on behalf of our customers.&nbsp; We were recently appointed to complete an import air freight from Japan of 2 pallets.&nbsp; Our customer had purchased the goods on an ex works (EXW) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/5-most-common-incoterms-in-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incoterm<\/a>, and so we were asked to orchestrate the shipment from door to door.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to our founding membership of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarcoPoloLine<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the two pallets of air freight from Japan arrived at London Heathrow, our import team handled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/customs-clearance\/\">UK import customs clearance<\/a> 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 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-when-you-can-account-for-import-vat-on-your-vat-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postponed VAT accounting<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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)&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:00442392756575\">02392 756 575<\/a>, emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk\">sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk<\/a>&nbsp;or completing the form below and someone will be in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Request a Quote for Shipping from Japan to the UK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"widget\" data-elementor-id=\"163\" class=\"elementor elementor-163\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"Contact Form\" aria-label=\"Contact Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"163\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"163\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"LCL China to UK - Mercator Cargo Systems\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"queried_id\" value=\"8495\"\/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-above\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-name elementor-col-50 elementor-field-required elementor-mark-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tName\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[name]\" id=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"Jane Doe\" required=\"required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-email elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-email elementor-col-50 elementor-field-required elementor-mark-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-email\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"email\" name=\"form_fields[email]\" id=\"form-field-email\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk\" required=\"required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_1e5894a elementor-col-50 elementor-field-required elementor-mark-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_1e5894a\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCompany Name\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[field_1e5894a]\" id=\"form-field-field_1e5894a\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"e.g Mercator Cargo\" required=\"required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-tel elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_d0d8f2c elementor-col-50 elementor-field-required elementor-mark-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_d0d8f2c\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhone Number\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"tel\" name=\"form_fields[field_d0d8f2c]\" id=\"form-field-field_d0d8f2c\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"02392 756575\" required=\"required\" pattern=\"[0-9()#&amp;+*-=.]+\" title=\"Only numbers and phone characters (#, -, *, etc) are accepted.\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-textarea elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-message elementor-col-100 elementor-field-required elementor-mark-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-message\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMessage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea class=\"elementor-field-textual elementor-field  elementor-size-sm\" name=\"form_fields[message]\" id=\"form-field-message\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"To Request a Quote please provide collection &amp; 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