RCEP tariff schedule for Korean goods. Complements AKFTA and IKCEPA, with full cumulation allowing multi-country supply chain sourcing.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand; Mixing or kneading machines; Machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen; Electrically operated, other | 0% | |
| Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; Shrimps and prawns; In airtight containers for retail sale, other | 0% | |
| Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; Shrimps and prawns; In airtight containers for retail sale, other | 0% | |
| Live fish — Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) |
To qualify for preferential rates under RCEP-Korea, your shipment needs a valid Certificate of Origin. Kickrate handles the documentation as your Importer of Record.
| 0% |
| 03069530 | Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; Shrimps and prawns, other | 0% |
| 40118039 | New pneumatic tyres, of rubber; Of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines; Fitting a rim of a diameter exceeding 24 inch, of a kind used on tractors, machinery of heading 84.29 or 84.30, forklifts or other industrial handling vehicles and machines, other | 0% |
| 15109090 | Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09, other | 0% |
| 01041010 | Live sheep and goats — Pure-bred breeding animals | 0% |
| 01051390 | Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls; Weighing not more than 185 g; Ducks, other | 0% |
| 01059449 | Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls; Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus; Fighting cocks, other | 0% |
| 15132995 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Palm kernel oil, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) | 0% |
| 15132997 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Other, of babassu oil | 0% |
| 15141100 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Crude oil | 0% |
| 15141100 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Crude oil | 0% |
| 15141910 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Fractions of unrefined oil | 0% |
| 15141910 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Fractions of unrefined oil | 0% |
| 15152919 | Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified; Maize (corn) oil and its fractions; Fractions of unrefined oil, other | 0% |
| 42050040 | Other articles of leather or of composition leather — Other articles of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses | 0% |
| 15109090 | Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09, other | 0% |
| 15111000 | Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Crude oil | 0% |
