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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like; Of other textile materials, other | 0% | |
| Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked — Optical glass, not optically worked | 0% | |
| Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked — Optical glass, not optically worked | 0% | |
| Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked — Optical glass, not optically worked | 0% | |
| Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked — Other, in squares or rectangular shape, whether or not one or more corners have been cut | 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.
| 70049020 |
| Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked — Other, in squares or rectangular shape, whether or not one or more corners have been cut |
| 0% |
| 85381011 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 85.35, 85.36 or 85.37 — Parts of programmable logic controllers for automated machines for transport, handling and storage of dies for semiconductor devices | 0% |
| 85389020 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 85.35, 85.36 or 85.37 — For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V | 0% |
| 85389020 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 85.35, 85.36 or 85.37 — For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V | 0% |
| 85369032 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables — For a current of less than 16 A | 0% |
| 85369032 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables — For a current of less than 16 A | 0% |
| 85381012 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 85.35, 85.36 or 85.37 — Of a kind used in radio equipment | 0% |
| 85369039 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables; Other apparatus; Cable connectors consisting of a jack plug, terminal with or without pin, connector, or adaptor for co-axial cable, other | 0% |
| 85392120 | Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources — Of a kind used in medical equipment | 0% |
| 70060090 | Glass of heading 70.03, 70.04 or 70.05, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials, other | 0% |
| 70060090 | Glass of heading 70.03, 70.04 or 70.05, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials, other | 0% |
| 70071910 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass — Suitable for machinery of heading 84.29 or 84.30 | 0% |
| 70071910 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass — Suitable for machinery of heading 84.29 or 84.30 | 0% |
| 70072190 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass; Laminated safety glass; Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels, other | 0% |
| 70072190 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass; Laminated safety glass; Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels, other | 0% |
