RCEP tariff schedule for Japanese goods. Important alternative pathway alongside AJCEP and IJEPA for preferential market access.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in Note 11 (C) to this Chapter; parts and accessories — Of electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles | 0% | |
| Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the dry state (crust) | 0% | |
| Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the dry state (crust) | 0% | |
| Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 — Of a kind used as mould release preparations | 0% | |
| Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 — Imitation lard |
To qualify for preferential rates under RCEP-Japan, your shipment needs a valid Certificate of Origin. Kickrate handles the documentation as your Importer of Record.
| 0% |
| 03011192 | Live fish — Goldfish (Carassius auratus) | 0% |
| 43022000 | Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of heading 43.03 — Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, not assembled | 0% |
| 43022000 | Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of heading 43.03 — Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, not assembled | 0% |
| 41069100 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the wet state (including wet-blue) | 0% |
| 41069100 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the wet state (including wet-blue) | 0% |
| 41069200 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the dry state (crust) | 0% |
| 41069200 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared — In the dry state (crust) | 0% |
| 41071100 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 — Full grains, unsplit | 0% |
| 41071100 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 — Full grains, unsplit | 0% |
| 03019400 | Live fish — Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | 0% |
| 03019500 | Live fish — Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | 0% |
| 03019934 | Live fish — Brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) | 0% |
| 43023000 | Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of heading 43.03 — Whole skins and pieces or cuttings thereof, assembled | 0% |
| 43031000 | Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin — Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 0% |
| 41071200 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 — Grain splits | 0% |
