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Export market · Japan

Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Japan imports about 7,000 tonnes of dried onion a year for its instant-noodle, curry-roux, dressing and sauce industries, and it imports under a regime of its own: an import notification to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on every consignment, a positive list of pesticide residues with a 0.01 ppm default, a plant-quarantine inspection at the port, and a Japanese label that the importer, not the exporter, is responsible for. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan has to know that file before the first quotation, not after the first sampling at Yokohama.

KlarHarvest ships from Pipavav to Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe in four to five weeks, from one pallet upwards, with the certificate of origin under the India-Japan CEPA and the certificate of analysis before loading.

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The market

Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan: Market Profile

Japan is the fourth-largest importer of dried onion in the world: 7,237 tonnes in 2024, worth about 34 million US dollars, up from about 5,400 tonnes a decade earlier as Japanese households buy more processed food. More than half of it comes from the United States, about a quarter from Egypt and a seventh from China; India supplied 363 tonnes in 2024, up by two-thirds on the year before, and still holds about five percent. That is the market a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan sells into: large, steady and open to a second source that can match the file.

The buyer is the processed-food industry: the instant-noodle plants - Japan ate 5.9 billion servings in 2024 - with onion powder in the soup base and dried onion pieces in the topping sachet, the curry-roux makers whose product starts with cooked onion, and the dressing, sauce, furikake and snack producers behind them. Japanese manufacturers usually buy imported ingredients through an importing trading company, which files the notification, holds the Japanese label and keeps the supplier file, and expects the exporter to answer every question in that file in writing. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan has to answer to that buyer, not to a slogan.

The regulatory layer is thorough rather than closed. Every consignment is notified to a quarantine station of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, which samples under an annual monitoring plan and can place a product under an inspection order if violations accumulate; residues are judged against the positive list, where anything without a set limit defaults to 0.01 ppm; dried and cut plants need no phytosanitary certificate but still pass a plant-quarantine inspection; and the Japanese label is the importer's. None of it is a barrier to a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan that tests before it ships.

KlarHarvest prepares that layer as part of the quotation: the specification in the importer's format, the lot certificate of analysis screened against the positive list, the certificate of origin under the India-Japan CEPA, and the plant's BRCGS certificate. The importer of record stays responsible, as Japanese law requires; a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan makes the file complete.

Products

What Buyers Import from a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Instant-noodle and curry-roux manufacturers buy white onion powder and granules; soup, dressing and sauce producers take chopped and minced; furikake, retail and foodservice packers buy flakes; red onion flakes go where colour shows in a dressing or a pickle. Every product below ships with the Japanese document set, on 1,100 x 1,100 mm pallets, from one pallet. It is the range a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan is asked for first.

Compliance

Import Rules and Documents for a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Japanese import control of dried onion is food law, plant quarantine and customs - the tariff schedule itself marks the line with both the Food Sanitation Act and the Plant Protection Act. The importer is responsible for the notification and the label, the exporter for the file behind them. These are the points, and the document that answers each. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan is judged on this list before the price is discussed.

  • Import notification Under Article 27 of the Food Sanitation Act the importer notifies each consignment to the quarantine station of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at the port; the station checks, may sample and issues the receipt customs needs. A prior consultation before the first shipment is available; we supply the product information it asks for.
  • Positive list for residues Japan judges pesticide residues against its positive list, with 0.01 ppm as the default for any substance without a set limit; each lot is tested against those limits before loading by an NABL-accredited laboratory.
  • Plant quarantine Dried plants that are cut, crushed or ground have been exempt from the phytosanitary certificate since August 2020, but the consignment is still presented for the Plant Protection Station's import inspection; the importer's agent files that application with the notification.
  • Customs classification Japan tariff line 0712.20 000, onions, dried; the applied rate and the CEPA preference are confirmed in the quotation for the day of shipment.
  • Certificate of origin Issued in India under the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement for every shipment where the importer claims the preferential rate; shipped direct from Pipavav so the origin rule holds.
  • Labelling Product, lot code, net weight, country of origin India and best-before on every bag in English; the Japanese label under the Food Labelling Standard - importer's name and address, allergen line, and the origin of the main ingredient on a Japanese manufacturer's own product - is the importer's, and we supply every figure it needs.
  • Laboratory report Certificate of analysis per lot - moisture, microbiology, heavy metals, pesticide residues - before loading; a check at a laboratory registered with the ministry in Japan can be added, and the retained sample is kept for it.
  • Clearance Commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, certificate of analysis and bill of lading; your customs broker clears with the notification receipt and the plant-quarantine result in hand.

Customs

Duty and Customs Clearance in Japan

Japan's general tariff on dried onion is 15 percent and the WTO rate 9 percent; under the India-Japan CEPA the rate has been cut in annual steps since 2011 and is free from 1 April 2026. Every quotation from a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan states which line and which rate it expects. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan quotes CIF where the importer wants the customs value on one line.

Item Japan Note
Customs code 0712.20 000 Onions, dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder
General / WTO duty 15 % / 9 % Applies without a certificate of origin
India-Japan CEPA Free from 1 April 2026 (0.6 % until 31 March 2026) Certificate of origin under the agreement, direct shipment
Consumption tax 8 % reduced rate on food (10 % standard) A temporary cut for food from April 2027 is planned - confirmed at quotation
Customs value CIF value at the Japanese port CIF quotations make this explicit
Clearance Importer of record via a Japanese customs broker We supply the documents; DDP is not offered

Logistics

Ports, Transit and Container Loads for a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Weekly sailings from Pipavav and Mundra reach the five main container ports in four to five weeks, direct or with one transhipment on the way. These are the routes a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan actually books.

Destination Port of loading Transit (sea) 20 ft load 40 ft HC load
Tokyo / Yokohama Pipavav / Mundra 4-5 weeks 9-13 t by cut 21-26 t
Nagoya Pipavav / Mundra 4-5 weeks 9-13 t by cut 21-26 t
Osaka / Kobe Pipavav / Mundra 4-5 weeks 9-13 t by cut 21-26 t
Hakata (Fukuoka) Pipavav, via transhipment 5 weeks 9-13 t by cut 21-26 t
Other Japanese ports Pipavav, via Kobe or Tokyo 5-6 weeks 9-13 t by cut -
LCL to Tokyo, Yokohama or Kobe Pipavav 5-6 weeks from one pallet -

Powder and granules, the seasoning industry's cuts, reach the weight limit at twelve to thirteen tonnes in a 20 ft box and twenty-four to twenty-six in a 40 ft high cube; flakes fill the box at nine to ten. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan quotes the load per cut with the freight, so the landed price per kilo is one number.

Packing

How a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan Packs a Lot

Japanese warehouses run on the 1,100 x 1,100 mm JIS pallet and Japanese receiving docks reject an overhang, so the pallet pattern is drawn for that footprint before the lot is stuffed. It is the packing instruction a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan writes for this market.

  • Bag 20 or 25 kg laminated kraft paper bags with a double polyethylene liner, heat-sealed; 20 kg where the importer's handling rules ask for the lighter bag; your print or our plain export label.
  • Pallet JIS 1,100 x 1,100 mm pallets, no overhang, 32 to 40 bags by cut, stretch-wrapped under a top sheet; heat-treated wood with the ISPM 15 stamp, or plastic pallets on request.
  • Container Single-height pallets, kraft dunnage, desiccant for the four-to-five-week sailing through the tropics.
  • Mixed pallets and LCL One pallet is an order; a seasoning maker's pallet can carry white powder, white granules and white chopped together, and LCL to Tokyo or Kobe sails weekly.
  • Labels English export label with product, lot code, net weight, origin, best-before and the QR to the lot record on every bag; the importer's Japanese label printed on the bag from its artwork on request.
  • Documents Drafts before sailing; originals by courier or through your bank. One file, from one dehydrated onion exporter to Japan, for the whole shipment.

Applications

Dehydrated Onion Applications and Industries in Japan

Japan's processed-food industry is built on noodles, curry, sauces and rice seasonings, and dried onion is in all four. These are the segments a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan supplies most often.

Instant noodles and cup soups

Onion powder in the soup base and chopped or minced onion in the topping sachet of the instant-noodle and cup-soup plants - 5.9 billion servings a year in Japan alone.

Curry roux and retort curry

Powder and granules in the roux blocks and the retort pouches of the curry industry, where cooked onion is the base note.

Dressings, sauces and dips

Chopped and minced white onion in dressings, tonkatsu-style and okonomiyaki-style sauces and dip bases; red onion flakes where colour should show.

Furikake and rice seasonings

Flakes and minced onion, often Extra Low Bacterial, in the dry seasonings sprinkled on rice without a further cooking step.

Snacks and bakery

Onion powder in potato-chip and rice-cracker seasonings and savoury bakery toppings.

Foodservice, bento and meat processing

Granules and minced onion for chain-restaurant, bento and hamburg-steak producers who cannot peel onion at the line.

Quality

Quality and Testing from a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Japanese importers sample, question and audit more than most, and the lot is prepared so every question already has an answer. This file is what a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan hands over with every lot.

BRC-certified source plants

Every lot is filled and sealed inside a BRCGS-certified dehydration plant in Mahuva, the plant certificate and its foreign-body controls are in the supplier file.

Residues screened against the positive list

Each lot tested before loading for pesticide residues against Japan's limits, with 0.01 ppm as the default, by an NABL-accredited laboratory; heavy metals, microbiology and moisture on the same certificate.

Registered-laboratory check in Japan

Where the importer or the station wants a check at a registered laboratory in Japan, the retained sample is ready for it.

No additives, no allergens

No sulphites, no preservatives, no anti-caking agent unless specified, permitted under Japan's additive rules and declared; onion is not one of Japan's eight mandatory allergens, and the supplier file states the plant's cross-contact controls.

Traceability

A lot code and QR on every bag link to the plant, the harvest window and the laboratory report - the record a Japanese supplier questionnaire asks for.

Registrations

FSSAI licence and APEDA registration in process; numbers are published on this page the day they are issued. Every other claim a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan makes on this page is held to the same rule.

Order flow

How an Order Runs with a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan, Step by Step

Eight documented steps from the inquiry to the container at Tokyo or Kobe, each visible in the client portal. This is the order flow with KlarHarvest as your dehydrated onion exporter to Japan.

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  1. Inquiry and quotation

    Product, cut, quantity, Japanese port and the importer's specification format; within one business day the specification, tariff line, CEPA preference, price, freight and lead time in one document. It is the first document a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan is measured on.

  2. Samples and prior consultation

    200-500 g per cut by courier with the sample lot's laboratory report and the product information the importer needs for a prior consultation with the quarantine station.

  3. Order and price lock

    On confirmation the raw-material price is fixed with the plant the same day.

  4. Production and QC

    The lot is filled and sealed inside the certified plant; photos and video in the portal, a live video call at packing on request.

  5. Analysis and release

    The NABL-accredited laboratory tests the finished lot, residues against the positive list; the COA reaches you before loading, and nothing ships without your release.

  6. Loading and transit

    Bags counted into the container on JIS pallets on video at our premises, seal number recorded, container tracked on the four-to-five-week sailing.

  7. Documents

    Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin under the India-Japan CEPA, COA and bill of lading as drafts before sailing, originals as your terms require.

  8. Arrival, notification and clearance

    Your importer files the import notification and the plant-quarantine application; your broker clears with customs on the receipt; the lot record behind the QR code stays online for the supplier file.

Why KlarHarvest

Why Buyers Choose KlarHarvest as Their Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Six things you can check before the first order, not after.

The file in the importer's format

Specification, lot COA screened against the positive list, plant certificate and the quarantine-station product information come with the quotation, so the importer's file is complete before the first order.

Duty free, documented

The certificate of origin under the India-Japan CEPA with every shipment, direct from Pipavav, so the preference holds at the port.

The report before loading

The certificate of analysis exists before stuffing; nothing ships without your release.

From one pallet, on JIS pallets

LCL and mixed pallets for the development kitchen, 1,100 x 1,100 mm pallets without overhang for the warehouse.

Price locked at order

Raw-material price fixed with the plant the day you confirm; quotes valid 7-10 days, no buffer.

Loading video and tracking

Bags counted into the box on video, the seal number, the container followed to Tokyo, Nagoya or Kobe.

FAQ

Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan - Frequently Asked Questions

What importers in Japan ask before the first order. Anything not covered here, send us the question - you have an answer within one business day.

Who files the import notification in Japan?

The importer of record, on each consignment, to the quarantine station at the port of entry; we supply the product information the notification and any prior consultation ask for.

Is a phytosanitary certificate needed for dehydrated onion?

Not since August 2020 for dried plants that are cut, crushed or ground; the consignment is still presented for the Plant Protection Station's import inspection. Where an importer wants the certificate anyway, we obtain it from India's NPPO.

What duty applies to Indian dehydrated onion in Japan?

Free under the India-Japan CEPA since 1 April 2026 with the certificate of origin under the agreement; without it the WTO rate of 9 percent applies. The quotation confirms the rate for the day of shipment.

Is the product tested against Japan's positive list?

Yes - every lot is screened for pesticide residues against the Japanese limits, with the 0.01 ppm default, by an NABL-accredited laboratory before loading; it is the one test a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan cannot skip. A check at a registered laboratory in Japan can be added at the importer's request.

Do you supply Japanese labels?

The Japanese label under the Food Labelling Standard is the importer's, because it carries the importer's name and address; we print it on the bag from the importer's artwork on request and supply every figure it needs.

How long does shipping to Tokyo or Kobe take?

Four to five weeks on the water from Pipavav or Mundra, plus 10-15 days from order to loading for a new lot; LCL adds one to two weeks.

What is the minimum order for Japan?

One pallet of dehydrated onion as LCL to Tokyo, Yokohama or Kobe, on JIS 1,100 x 1,100 mm pallets; a mixed pallet of two or three cuts is the first order most buyers place with a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan.

Can you mill and cut to a Japanese sieve specification?

Yes. Powder to 60-80 mesh, 80-100 mesh or finer for the soup base, granules and minced to your sieve band for the topping sachet, agreed at order stage and confirmed on the COA.

Do you supply Extra Low Bacterial onion for furikake and topical seasonings?

Yes, in every cut: a validated steam step and re-drying, tested per lot, for seasonings with no further kill step.

Can you also ship to South Korea or Taiwan?

Yes, on the same corridor in four to five weeks, with the file a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan prepares and each country's own points added: Korea has its own import declaration and the India-Korea CEPA preference where the importer claims it, both confirmed in the quotation before you commit.

Will KlarHarvest exhibit at FOODEX Japan?

Not yet. We say so rather than promising a stand; samples, laboratory reports and a video call at packing are how a Japanese buyer meets us first.

Why choose KlarHarvest as your dehydrated onion exporter to Japan?

Because the file is ready before the price is discussed: the specification, the lot laboratory report, the plant certificate and the market's own documents come with the quotation, the raw-material price is locked the day you confirm, and the container waits for your release. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan should be measured on that, not on the adjectives.

What should I ask a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan before the first order?

Which plant fills the lot, which laboratory tests it and against which limits, what the container load is for the cut you want, and what happens to the price between quotation and confirmation. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan that answers those four in writing, before the samples, is the one to test; KlarHarvest answers them in the quotation.

How does a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan handle a lot that fails your incoming inspection?

By having made it unlikely first - the certificate of analysis is issued before loading and you release the lot - and then by the contract: a retained sample from every lot is kept at origin, a counter-analysis at an accredited laboratory is agreed in advance, and a confirmed deviation is settled by replacement or credit, in writing, as any dehydrated onion exporter to Japan should be prepared to sign.

Can a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan supply both white and red onion, and fresh onion?

KlarHarvest supplies white and red onion in all five cuts on one pallet with one document set. Fresh onion we ship to markets a short sailing away; Japan is four to five weeks from Pipavav with its own quarantine regime for fresh bulbs, so for Japan we quote the dehydrated range only, and say so. Ask a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan for the whole dried range on one quotation rather than three suppliers for three cuts.

Is KlarHarvest an established dehydrated onion exporter to Japan?

No - KlarHarvest was founded in 2025, so it is a new dehydrated onion exporter to Japan, and it says so rather than pretending otherwise. What an established dehydrated onion exporter to Japan would show you, we show you from the first order: the plant, the lot, the laboratory report before loading, the loading video and the seal number. Judge the file, not the age.

Seasons

Seasonality, Harvest and Pricing from a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Indian white onion is harvested from March to May and dried within the season; the freshest lots and the brightest colour grades are available from April to June, and the plants sell from stored stock for the rest of the year. The American crop, Japan's largest source, is dried from late summer into autumn, half a year from the Indian season - an Indian second source covers the months in between. Japanese purchasing runs on the April-to-March fiscal year and on annual supplier reviews; a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan that states this calendar plainly is easier to plan with.

Prices at origin follow the raw onion - 8-9 kg of fresh onion make one kilo of dried - so our quotations carry a short validity and the raw-material price is locked with the plant the day you confirm. The yen is the second variable for a Japanese buyer: we quote in US dollars, FOB Pipavav by default, with freight shown separately, so the landed-cost comparison with American, Egyptian and Chinese powder is made on one basis. The same calendar governs every dehydrated onion exporter to Japan; the difference is whether it is said before the order.

Choosing

Choosing the Right Cut from a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

Japanese formulation thinks in two layers: the onion nobody sees and the onion everybody sees. Powder and granules go into the soup base, the roux and the seasoning where onion is flavour, dosed dry; chopped and minced go into the topping sachet, the dressing and the hamburg mix where a piece has to be visible and rehydrate to a set size. Flakes serve furikake, retail packs and the foodservice kitchen. A dehydrated onion exporter to Japan that quotes a mixed pallet lets the development kitchen decide.

The Japanese questions are colour, mesh and foreign matter: the white grade by L* value, the powder by mesh band and the granule by sieve, and a foreign-matter specification stricter than most markets write down. All three are stated in the quotation and confirmed on the certificate of analysis, and powder is milled to order for 60-80 mesh or finer than 100. A first order is often a mixed pallet of powder and chopped. That comparison is the first real test of a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan.

First order

A Typical First Order with a Dehydrated Onion Exporter to Japan

A seasoning manufacturer in the Kansai region asks its importing trading company for a second source of onion powder and chopped onion beside its American supplier. Within one business day the importer has one quotation: two specifications in its own format with mesh band, L* grade and foreign-matter limit, the CEPA preference, prices FOB Pipavav in dollars, freight to Kobe and a lead time of about six to seven weeks door to port. Samples with laboratory reports go out by courier; the product information goes to the importer for a prior consultation with the quarantine station. That is a first order with a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan as it actually happens.

The order is one pallet of each as LCL to Kobe. The raw-material price is locked the same day; the lots are milled, filled and sealed inside the certified plant; the certificates of analysis arrive before loading and the importer releases the shipment. Five to six weeks later the pallets are notified, inspected and cleared at Kobe by the importer's broker with the certificate of origin under the India-Japan CEPA. The second order is a 20 ft container of powder on JIS pallets - the pattern most buyers of a dehydrated onion exporter to Japan settle into.

Other markets

Other Dehydrated Onion Export Markets We Serve

The same lot, a different document set - pick the page for your destination.

Europe

The EU as one market - CN 0712 20 00, Regulation 396/2005, IFS and BRCGS supplier approval, Rotterdam and Hamburg in 4-5 weeks.

Exporting to Europe 

Germany

The world's largest importer of dried onion and one of our main markets; German-language contact, Hamburg in 4-5 weeks.

Exporting to Germany 

Netherlands

Europe's trading hub for dried vegetables - Rotterdam, importers and re-exporters, neutral bags and papers made for re-sale.

Exporting to the Netherlands 

Belgium

Antwerp for Belgium, France and West Germany; sauce, soup and frozen-food manufacturers, FASFC controls, the EU document set.

Exporting to Belgium 

United Kingdom

UKGT 0712 20 00, IPAFFS where it applies, BRCGS supplier files and red onion for the curry trade; Felixstowe and Southampton.

Exporting to the UK 

Norway

Outside the EU customs union but inside the EEA food rules - Mattilsynet, Norwegian tariff 0712 20, Oslo via Rotterdam or direct.

Exporting to Norway 

United States

FDA-registered source plant, prior notice filed by us, FSVP-ready COA, HTS 0712.20 by form; New York, Savannah, Los Angeles.

Exporting to the USA 

Canada

Safe Food for Canadians licence holders, CFIA import requirements, bilingual labels, Montreal and Vancouver in 5-6 weeks.

Exporting to Canada 

Mexico

Fraction 0712.20.01, SENASICA module and COFEPRIS file, bulk bags outside NOM-051, 48 x 40 pallets; Manzanillo, Veracruz and Altamira in 5-7 weeks.

Exporting to Mexico 

Gulf states

Halal certificate, Arabic labelling, SFDA and GSO requirements, two weeks from Pipavav for dried and fresh onion; Jebel Ali, Dammam, Jeddah.

Exporting to the Gulf 

Southeast Asia

Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam in 2-3 weeks; SFA and MAQIS importer licences, JAKIM halal, ventilated containers for fresh onion.

Exporting to Southeast Asia 

Australia

DAFF import conditions on BICON, the importer as the responsible party, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 3-4 weeks.

Exporting to Australia 

New Zealand

MPI import health standards and the Food Act importer registration, Auckland and Tauranga in 4-5 weeks, LCL for the smaller market.

Exporting to New Zealand 

Pacific Islands

Fiji and Papua New Guinea by the pallet - BAF and NAQIA pathways stated, LCL via Singapore, Suva in 5-6 weeks, Fiji the hub for the smaller islands.

Exporting to the Pacific Islands 

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