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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 49.06 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques — Mosaics | 0% | |
| Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% | |
| Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% | |
| Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades — Non-coniferous | 0% | |
| Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades — Non-coniferous | 0% | |
| Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades — Non-coniferous |
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.
| 47041100 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% |
| 47041100 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% |
| 47041900 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Non-coniferous | 0% |
| 47041900 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Non-coniferous | 0% |
| 47042100 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% |
| 47042100 | Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades — Coniferous | 0% |
| 47061000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Cotton linters pulp | 0% |
| 47061000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Cotton linters pulp | 0% |
| 47062000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard | 0% |
| 47062000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard | 0% |
| 47063000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Other, of bamboo | 0% |
| 47063000 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Other, of bamboo | 0% |
| 47069310 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Abaca pulp | 0% |
| 47069310 | Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material — Abaca pulp | 0% |
