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 |
|---|---|---|
| Other articles of aluminium — Spouts and cups of a kind used for latex collection | 0% | |
| Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other, using electronic means for gauging weight | 0% | |
| Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other, using electronic means for gauging weight | 0% | |
| Unwrought lead — Refined lead | 0% | |
| Unwrought lead — Refined lead | 0% | |
| Unwrought lead, other | 0% |
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.
| 78019900 | Unwrought lead, other | 0% |
| 78020000 | Lead waste and scrap | 0% |
| 78020000 | Lead waste and scrap | 0% |
| 78041900 | Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes; Plates, sheets, strip and foil, other | 0% |
| 78041900 | Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes; Plates, sheets, strip and foil, other | 0% |
| 78042000 | Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes — Powders and flakes | 0% |
| 78042000 | Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes — Powders and flakes | 0% |
| 78060020 | Other articles of lead — Bars, rods, profiles and wire | 0% |
| 78060020 | Other articles of lead — Bars, rods, profiles and wire | 0% |
| 84238241 | Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — For weighing motor vehicles, using electronic means for gauging weight | 0% |
| 84238241 | Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — For weighing motor vehicles, using electronic means for gauging weight | 0% |
| 79011100 | Unwrought zinc — Containing by weight 99.99 % or more of zinc | 0% |
| 79011100 | Unwrought zinc — Containing by weight 99.99 % or more of zinc | 0% |
| 03074211 | Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process — Cuttle fish (Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp.) and squid (Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) | 0% |
