World's largest free trade bloc covering 15 Asia-Pacific nations. Key innovation: full cumulation allowing materials from any of 15 members to count toward origin requirements. Covers approximately 30% of global GDP and population. Separate tariff schedules apply per origin country.
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% | |
| Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared — Baulks, sawlogs and veneer logs | 0% | |
| Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared — Baulks, sawlogs and veneer logs | 0% | |
| Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other | 0% | |
| Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, other | 0% | |
| 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 |
To qualify for preferential rates under RCEP-ASEAN, your shipment needs a valid Certificate of Origin. Kickrate handles the documentation as your Importer of Record.
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 44050010 | Wood wool; wood flour — Wood wool | 0% |
| 44050010 | Wood wool; wood flour — Wood wool | 0% |
| 56031200 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 0% |
| 56031200 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 0% |
| 56031300 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2 | 0% |
| 56031300 | Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated — Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2 | 0% |
| 44050020 | Wood wool; wood flour — Wood flour | 0% |
| 44050020 | Wood wool; wood flour — Wood flour | 0% |
| 44061200 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood — Non-coniferous | 0% |
| 44061200 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood — Non-coniferous | 0% |
| 44069100 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood — Coniferous | 0% |
