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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | 0% | |
| Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs — In airtight containers for retail sale | 0% | |
| Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Torpedo scads (Megalaspis cordyla), spotted sicklefish (Drepane punctata) and great barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda) | 0% | |
| Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Torpedo scads (Megalaspis cordyla), spotted sicklefish (Drepane punctata) and great barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda) | 0% | |
| Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Silver grunts (Pomadasys argenteus) | 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.
| Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04 — Wallago (Wallago attu) and giant river-catfish (Sperata seenghala) |
| 0% |
| 56031100 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 | 0% |
| 56031100 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 | 0% |
| 44039790 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared; Of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), other | 0% |
| 44042010 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like — Chipwood | 0% |
| 44042010 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like — Chipwood | 0% |
| 44039890 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared; Of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), other | 0% |
| 44039890 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared; Of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), other | 0% |
| 44039910 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared — Baulks, sawlogs and veneer logs | 0% |
| 44039910 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared — Baulks, sawlogs and veneer logs | 0% |
| 44039990 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other | 0% |
| 44039990 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other | 0% |
| 44041000 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like — Coniferous | 0% |
| 44041000 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like — Coniferous | 0% |
| 44042090 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like; Non-coniferous, other | 0% |
