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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collections and collectors' pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest — Collections and collectors' pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest | 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) | 0% | |
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.
| 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% |
| 03028915 | Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Indian threadfins (Polynemus indicus) | 0% |
| 13021200 | Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products — Of liquorice | 0% |
| 40069011 | Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs and rings), of unvulcanised rubber — Articles | 0% |
| 40061000 | Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs and rings), of unvulcanised rubber — Camel-back' strips for retreading rubber tyres | 0% |
| 40069011 | Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs and rings), of unvulcanised rubber — Articles | 0% |
| 40069019 | Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs and rings), of unvulcanised rubber; Of natural gums, other | 0% |
| 40070000 | Vulcanised rubber thread and cord | 0% |
| 42034000 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather — Other clothing accessories | 0% |
| 42034000 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather — Other clothing accessories | 0% |
| 14012010 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) — Whole | 0% |
| 14012030 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) — Split-skin | 0% |
| 40091290 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges); Not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials; With fittings, other | 0% |
| 40092110 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges) — Mining slurry suction and discharge hoses | 0% |
| 40091210 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges) — Mining slurry suction and discharge hoses | 0% |
| 40092110 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges) — Mining slurry suction and discharge hoses | 0% |
