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No.	Legislation title	Status	Latest notification	Product categories
1	Import Trade Control Order	Published: 01.12.1949 Updated: 01.01.1987 Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/JPN/21	Marine products (Import Quota Items) Marine products (Import Approval Items) Medicines Propellant powders Nuclear goods Weapons Wild animals and plants Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, wastes, chemical weapons goods (Import Quota Items) Substances which deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, wastes, chemical weapons goods (Import Approval Items) Cultural property Rough diamonds Cultural property illegally removed from Iraq All of the goods from North Korea Weapons and other items from Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Charcoal from Somalia Chemical weapons and other items related to chemical weapons programme and cultural property illegally moved from the Syrian Arab Republic Mercury and mercury-added products Certain products from the Russian Federation	More Details
6	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Published: 03.03.1973 Updated: Status: In force	G/LIC/N/3/JPN/21	Wild animals and plants Marine products (Import Approval Items)	More Details
25	Enforcement Regulation of the Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants	Published: 26.04.2022 Updated: Status: In force	G/LIC/N/2/JPN/5	Marine products (Import Quota Items) Marine products (Import Approval Items)	More Details