What is METI filing? METI filing review

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Details of the methodology were released by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) , which was developed by the Information Economy Division of the ministry's Commerce and Information Policy Bureau.

The report "Japan Government Develops Blockchain Project Evaluation Methodology" shows that METI calls the process a method for evaluating projects for various use cases, evaluating 32 required characteristics such as scalability, privacy and overall reliability. People involved in the development of the evaluation method said that its purpose is to objectively measure blockchain projects.

1. Notification of business, which is understood to be a statement from the Japanese importer, including manufacturer information, product information and signing date

2. The approval certificate issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The importer must take the PSE duplicate certificate to METI for filing before this approval certificate can be issued.

Amazon Mail

Japanese Amazon sellers had their products removed from the shelves for not filing METI records. The email is as follows:

There are two types of METI filing:

1. Have importer qualifications

2. No importer qualifications

Only with a full set of electromagnetic compatibility and safety testing equipment, the equipment fully complies with international and domestic standards and specifications such as ANSI C63.4, EN50147, CISPR16 and GB/T6113. It can provide testing services for more than dozens of products such as home appliances, lamps, information, audio-visual products, wireless and communication products, LED, mobile phones, medical equipment, mechanical products, lithium batteries, power batteries, new energy batteries, etc. The laboratory is established and operated in strict accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC17025. It has been recognized by many international certification bodies, including the national CMA, FCC, German TUV, EMCC, NEMKO, Canadian IC, etc.

METI certificate sample

Which products need to be registered with METI?

      PSE certification is a mandatory safety certification in Japan, used to prove that electrical and electronic products have passed the safety standard test of Japan's Electrical and Material Safety Law (DENAN Law) or international IEC standards. Japan's DENTORL Law (Electrical Devices and Materials Control Law) stipulates that 498 products entering the Japanese market must pass PSE safety certification. Among them, 165 types of Class A products should obtain the diamond-shaped PSE mark, and 333 types of Class B products should obtain the circular PSE mark. Regulations require Japanese buyers to register and declare to Japan METI within one month after purchasing the goods, and must mark the buyer's name or ID on the product for supervision and management in the future product sales process.

The summary is as follows: The twenty products shown in the figure need to be registered with METI

References

• 1. Why do you need to do METI filing when exporting to Japan? : Cross-border Knowledge [cited on 2019-05-18]