Delivery to Japan: shipping, duties and payment
Your order is going to Japan. Our family grows and cures its vanilla in Madagascar, in the SAVA region. In your market we currently offer Bourbon vanilla in bulk, sold by the kilo, shipped from our stock in Guangzhou.
What we ship
Only vanilla in bulk, by the kilo, can be ordered to Japan: the pouches, grinders, tubes and jars of our retail range are not shipped there for the moment. Our four bulk grades, Gourmet black, TK, Red and Cuts, are set out on our trade offer page. The minimum order is one kilo.
Delivery
Your order leaves from our stock in Guangzhou, China. SF Express shipping charges are calculated at checkout, based on the weight of the parcel: they are not included in the price per kilo. We pack your order within 2 to 5 working days, Monday to Friday, and we confirm the carrier and the schedule after the order, because both depend on the lot.
This shipping route out of China is in service: the delivery method from Guangzhou appears at checkout as soon as your delivery address is in Japan.
Duties and import taxes
Your parcel enters Japan from China. We ship DAP: customs duty, local import tax and clearance fees are the recipient's responsibility and the carrier collects them on delivery, under the rules of your country. Nothing is charged for them at checkout.
To give you a sense of it: vanilla enters duty free under the Japanese customs tariff. Consumption tax at the reduced food rate of 8 % still applies: on a 200 euro order it comes to around 13 euros. A customs value of 10,000 yen or less is exempt; for a parcel addressed to a private individual, that value is taken as 60 % of the retail price.
These figures are orders of magnitude, given for guidance under the rules in force as at 6 September 2026, and not a commitment on our part: only the authorities of the destination country set the amount actually due.
Ordering in bulk, talking to us
For a quotation, a sample or a specification, write to Léo Thuel directly:
- Email: leo@vanilledesire.com
- WhatsApp: +33 6 15 55 62 52
- WeChat: leothuel
- Mobile in China: +86 183 0207 3853
We are also preparing an express shipping option for trade orders, under which we would settle the import duties and taxes ourselves. It is not open yet: no order can be placed that way today.
Payment
The price and the currency of the payment are repeated to you before you confirm.
You can pay with:
- Card: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cartes Bancaires
- Shop Pay
- Apple Pay
- PayPal
Returns and contact
Our goods are sealed foodstuffs. If there is a packing error, a defect or a damaged parcel, write to us within 48 hours at contact@vanilledesire.com, with your order number and photographs: we will offer a replacement, a credit note or a refund. The detail is set out in our refund policy and our shipping policy.
A question before you order? Write to contact@vanilledesire.com. We answer ourselves.
Looking for another country? Our page delivery and payment, country by country lists them all.
Our vanilla from Madagascar
Our Bourbon vanilla comes from a single harvest, our family's, in Sambava. The grades, tubes and formats are gathered in the Madagascar Bourbon vanilla collection.
The four qualities sold by the kilo are presented on our trade offer page.
