Hi, I’m moving to Japan soon and one of my hobbies is book collecting, I was planning on using Book Depository or amazon for anything I couldn’t find locally (in mercari for example), but I don’t know if books are exempted of import taxes or what are the fees in any case.
I’ve seen the “official” page, but couldn’t really take anything away from it. Is there any place where taxes and items exempt of them are listed in an simpler way? (There some other things that I’d eventually import)
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No taxes on books.
>[*customs.go.jp/english*: Books and magazines (Chapter 49). Free.](https://www.customs.go.jp/english/c-answer_e/imtsukan/1204_e.htm)
If you order from Amazon or Book Depository (which is owned by Amazon) they will work out and pay any taxes and include it in the final price.