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 |
|---|---|---|
| Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes — Of textile fabric | 0% | |
| Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Retreaded tyres; Of a kind used on vehicles of Chapter 87, other | 0% | |
| Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Retreaded tyres, other | 0% | |
| Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on machinery of heading 84.29 or 84.30 | 0% | |
| Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified — Other, with packing of a net weight not exceeding 25 kg | 0% | |
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.
| 40121941 |
| Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry tractors |
| 0% |
| 15119049 | Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified; Fractions of unrefined oil, other | 0% |
| 40121949 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Retreaded tyres; Of a kind used on vehicles of Chapter 87, other | 0% |
| 40121990 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Retreaded tyres, other | 0% |
| 40122010 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons, racing cars) | 0% |
| 40122010 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons, racing cars) | 0% |
| 40122021 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a width not exceeding 450 mm | 0% |
| 40122029 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Used pneumatic tyres; Of a kind used on buses or lorries, other | 0% |
| 40122030 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on aircraft | 0% |
| 40122030 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on aircraft | 0% |
| 40122040 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on motorcycles | 0% |
| 40122021 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a width not exceeding 450 mm | 0% |
| 40122029 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber; Used pneumatic tyres; Of a kind used on buses or lorries, other | 0% |
| 40122040 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on motorcycles | 0% |
| 40122050 | Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber — Of a kind used on bicycles | 0% |
