Import agency for veterinary medical equipment

Updated: July 2024, 10

Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation provides import agency support when importing overseas veterinary medical equipment and it is difficult to obtain the necessary permits and licenses on your own.　

Import agency makes it possible to import veterinary medical equipment in a shorter period of time than preparing everything in-house.

　

Our company specializes in obtaining permits for companies, so we have clients from a variety of genres based on our past business history. From among these clients, we will match companies that are considering import agency with the most suitable one.

Flow of medical equipment import agency

The diagram above shows the process by which veterinary medical devices manufactured overseas are used by end users in Japan.

At Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation, we often receive consultations about import agency from people who fall under the "sellers/lending companies" in the table above.

Cases in which we arrange import agency

Cases where there are few items of veterinary medical equipment handled

An example of this is when you are engaged in other business and the products you are handling fall under the category of medical devices.　

□I import and sell miscellaneous goods and would like to import stylish massage devices from overseas.

□We sell maternity products and would like to import baby thermometers from overseas.

□I want to wholesale high-quality reading glasses from overseas to Japan.　

This applies to companies that do not want to enter the medical device industry in earnest, but want to handle medical devices.

　

Cases of importing and selling veterinary medical equipment as general medical equipment

Veterinary medical devices are classified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries into general medical devices, controlled medical devices, and highly controlled medical devices.

In the case of general medical devices, which have the lowest impact on the human body, the procedure for the item is simpler compared to other classifications, so the initial fee is low.

Cases in which foreign medical device manufacturers expand into Japan

An example of this would be if you are exporting veterinary medical equipment to your home country, the US, or the EU, but would like to enter Japan.　

I want to enter Japan, where competition is fierce. This applies to companies that want to supply products to Japan on a trial basis, including market research.

Advantages and disadvantages of import agency

Benefits

The cost of obtaining and maintaining manufacturing and sales licenses and manufacturing registration can be reduced.

In order to import and sell veterinary medical devices, a company that has obtained a license to manufacture and sell veterinary medical devices must register the veterinary medical devices and store them at a manufacturing facility that is registered as a veterinary medical device manufacturer. is needed.

In order to obtain an animal manufacturing sales license or registration for an animal manufacturing business, it is necessary to secure a manufacturing facility and hire a responsible person, and it is also necessary to create a huge amount of records regarding maintenance and management.

For companies that want to handle veterinary medical equipment, but are undecided on whether to increase the number of veterinary medical equipment in the future, using an import agency can greatly reduce this burden.

Medical equipment can be supplied to Japan in a short period of time

By outsourcing to an import agent, you can shorten the period (2 to 4 months) required to simply obtain a manufacturing and sales business license and manufacturing business registration on your own.

In addition, the time required for procedures for medical device items can be significantly shortened by using an import agent that has established a QMS.

Drawbacks

Purchasing costs will be higher

When outsourcing import agency, the import agency will be the importer of veterinary medical equipment, and your company will purchase and sell the products from the import agency.

You will have to pay a fee to the import agent for each veterinary medical device imported, so it will be more expensive than directly importing it yourself.

For consultation regarding permits and licenses regarding medical devices, please contact Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation.

At the Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation, we provide application support and consulting regarding the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act, from those newly entering the veterinary medical device industry to existing marketing agents, manufacturers, and distributors. Masu.

Applications for veterinary medical devices are highly specialized and can be said to be one of the fields in which there are few administrative scriveners who can handle them.

We provide legal services related to veterinary medical devices based on the know-how and track record that we can accumulate because we are administrative scriveners who handle applications and negotiations with administrative agencies on behalf of companies on a daily basis.

Our staff has a track record of applying in all prefectures across the country. Please contact us by all means.

Our dedicated staff handles cases nationwide.