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 |
|---|---|---|
| Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines — Electrically operated | 0% | |
| Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% | |
| Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% | |
| Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% | |
| Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 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.
| 52095210 |
| Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process |
| 0% |
| 52095910 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52095910 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52105110 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52105110 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52115110 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52115110 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52115210 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 52115210 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2 — Printed by the traditional batik process | 0% |
| 53012100 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) — Broken or scutched | 0% |
| 53012900 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock); Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, other | 0% |
| 53012900 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock); Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, other | 0% |
| 53013000 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) — Flax tow or waste | 0% |
| 53013000 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) — Flax tow or waste | 0% |
| 53021000 | True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) — True hemp, raw or retted | 0% |
