Certification Fee


For the details of certification fees, please refer the gFee Charth below, or contact OCO office in requesting a cost estimate by the address written in contact information.
Fee Chart

1) Certification Fees
Primary Fees:
Item     Primary Fees 
Production Process Manager of Organic Plants & Organic Feeds    145,820
Production Process Manager of Organic Processed Foods    154,320
Note:
Certification application fee, certification fee, basic on-the-spot inspection fee, and inspection report review fee are included in the primary fee.
Extra Fees:
OCO will announce about the other needed fees listed below in advance.
a) Expected Extra Fees
Item Extra Fees
Trip fee(for a round trip)    10,000
(per an inspector)
Transportation fee *1
(per an inspector)
Insurance *2
(per an inspector)
Translation fee (if documents are not written in Japanese) *3

b) Conditional Extra Fees
Conditions Extra Fees
In case of large scale of field (larger than 200a) or factory (larger than 1000m2)   7,400
In case more than 2 inspectors are needed due to the scale of fields or factories to be inspected, the additional fee (27,100) will be added per an additional inspector   27,100
(per an additional inspector for a day)
In case inspectors need to arrive 1 day before inspection or stay over   15,000
(per an inspector for a night)
In case the field or factory to be inspected is located in more than 300m far away from the nearest station, and there is no pick-up *4
*1 Transportation fee will include parking fee, and be calculated by the digital map published by Zenrin.
*2 Insurance fee will be announced in the invoice.
*3 Translation fee will be calculated by the amount of words in documents.
*4 This fee will be calculated for the use of medium-sized taxies.

2) Inspection Fees
Primary Fees:
Item     Primary Fees 
Production Process Manager of Organic Plants & Organic Feeds    108,420
Production Process Manager of Organic Processed Foods    108,420
Note:
In case that on-the-spot inspection is conducted by OCO for annual organic inspection which should be conducted every 12 months or less than that from the second year.
Extra Fees:
OCO will announce about the other needed fees listed below in advance.
a) Expected Extra Fees
Item Extra Fees
Trip fee(for a round trip)    10,000
(per an inspector)
Transportation fee *1
(per an inspector)
Insurance *2
(per an inspector)
Translation fee (if documents are not written in Japanese) *3

b) Conditional Extra Fees
Conditions Extra Fees
In case more than 2 inspectors are needed due to the scale of fields or factories to be inspected, the additional fee (27,100) will be added per an additional inspector   27,100
(per an additional inspector for a day)
In case inspectors need to arrive 1 day before inspection or stay over   15,000
(per an inspector for a night)
In case the field or factory to be inspected is located in more than 300m far away from the nearest station, and there is no pick-up *4
*1 Transportation fee will include parking fee, and be calculated by the digital map published by Zenrin.
*2 Insurance fee will be announced in the invoice.
*3 Translation fee will be calculated by the amount of words in documents.
*4 This fee will be calculated for the use of medium-sized taxies.

3) Surveillance Fees
Primary Fees:
Item     Primary Fees 
Production Process Manager of Organic Plants & Organic Feeds   72,700
Production Process Manager of Organic Processed Foods    72,700
Note:
In case that any reports are notified by a third party, OCO conducts irregular surveillance which is prescribed in the JAS law.
Extra Fees:
OCO will announce about the other needed fees listed below in advance.
a) Expected Extra Fees
Item Extra Fees
Trip fee(for a round trip)    10,000
(per an inspector)
Transportation fee *1
(per an inspector)
Insurance *2
(per an inspector)
Translation fee (if documents are not written in Japanese) *3

b) Conditional Extra Fees
Conditions Extra Fees
In case more than 2 inspectors are needed due to the scale of fields or factories to be inspected, the additional fee (27,100) will be added per an additional inspector   27,100
(per an additional inspector for a day)
In case inspectors need to arrive 1 day before inspection or stay over   15,000
(per an inspector for a night)
In case the field or factory to be inspected is located in more than 300m far away from the nearest station, and there is no pick-up *4
*1 Transportation fee will include parking fee, and be calculated by the digital map published by Zenrin.
*2 Insurance fee will be announced in the invoice.
*3 Translation fee will be calculated by the amount of words in documents.
*4 This fee will be calculated for the use of medium-sized taxies.

4) JAS Training Program Fees
Primary Fees:
Item     Primary Fees 
Program Fee   10,000
Text Fee     1,000
Note:
The training will take 5 hours.
Extra Fees:
OCO will announce about the other needed fees listed below in advance.
a) Expected Extra Fees
Item Extra Fees
Trip fee(for a round trip)    10,000
(per an inspector)
Transportation fee *1
(per an inspector)
Insurance *2
(per an inspector)
Translation fee (if documents are not written in Japanese) *3

b) Conditional Extra Fees
Conditions Extra Fees
In case more than 2 inspectors are needed due to the scale of fields or factories to be inspected, the additional fee (27,100) will be added per an additional inspector   27,100
(per an additional inspector for a day)
In case inspectors need to arrive 1 day before inspection or stay over   15,000
(per an inspector for a night)
In case the field or factory to be inspected is located in more than 300m far away from the nearest station, and there is no pick-up *4
*1 Transportation fee will include parking fee, and be calculated by the digital map published by Zenrin.
*2 Insurance fee will be announced in the invoice.
*3 Translation fee will be calculated by the amount of words in documents.
*4 This fee will be calculated for the use of medium-sized taxies.

5) Other Fees
Item     Primary Fees 
Issue fee for certificates  10,000 `  300,000