RCEP tariff schedule for goods originating from Australia. Provides progressive duty reductions over 20 years alongside the bilateral IACEPA and multilateral AANZFTA.
Approximately 90% of tariff lines; over 65% at zero duty, remainder phased over 20 years
All major sectors: electronics, automotive, machinery, chemicals, textiles, agriculture, metals, energy, plastics
Product-Specific Rules per tariff line; RVC of 40% or CTC; full cumulation among all 15 RCEP members
Country-specific exclusion lists. Japan excludes rice, beef/pork, wheat, dairy, sugar. Phase-out periods up to 20 years.
Sample of HS codes with active preferential rates under this agreement.
| HS Code | Product | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines — Unassembled | 0% | |
| Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium — Leather paints | 0% | |
| Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium; Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, other | 0% | |
| Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium, other | 0% | |
| Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium, other |
To qualify for preferential rates under RCEP-Australia, your shipment needs a valid Certificate of Origin. Kickrate handles the documentation as your Importer of Record.
| 0% |
| 32100020 | Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Distempers | 0% |
| 32100020 | Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Distempers | 0% |
| 32100030 | Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather | 0% |
| 32100030 | Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather | 0% |
| 03036400 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | 0% |
| 03036400 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | 0% |
| 03036500 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | 0% |
| 03036500 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | 0% |
| 32110000 | Prepared driers | 0% |
| 32110000 | Prepared driers | 0% |
| 03036600 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) | 0% |
| 03036600 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) | 0% |
| 32129011 | Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale — Aluminium paste | 0% |
| 32129011 | Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale — Aluminium paste | 0% |
| 03036800 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis) | 0% |
