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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 more than 32 A, but not more than 1,000 A | 0% | |
| Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Other, of goods of subheading 8507.10.92, 8507.10.95, 8507.10.96, 8507.10.97, 8507.10.98 or 8507.10.99 | 0% | |
| Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a kind used for aircraft | 0% | |
| Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated — Plated or coated with aluminium | 0% | |
| Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated — Plated or coated with aluminium |
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.
| 0% |
| 73121091 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated — Stranded steel wire for prestressing concrete | 0% |
| 73121091 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated — Stranded steel wire for prestressing concrete | 0% |
| 73121099 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated; Stranded wire, ropes and cables, other | 0% |
| 73121099 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated; Stranded wire, ropes and cables, other | 0% |
| 85078011 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Nickel-iron | 0% |
| 85072095 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a height (excluding terminals and handles) exceeding 13 cm but not exceeding 23 cm | 0% |
| 85072095 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a height (excluding terminals and handles) exceeding 13 cm but not exceeding 23 cm | 0% |
| 85072010 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a kind used for aircraft | 0% |
| 85072010 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a kind used for aircraft | 0% |
| 85078019 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square); Other accumulators; Of a kind used for aircraft, other | 0% |
| 85078019 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square); Other accumulators; Of a kind used for aircraft, other | 0% |
| 85073010 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a kind used for aircraft | 0% |
| 85073010 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) — Of a kind used for aircraft | 0% |
| 85087010 | Vacuum cleaners — Of vacuum cleaners of subheading 8508.11.00 or 8508.19.10 | 0% |
| 85087010 | Vacuum cleaners — Of vacuum cleaners of subheading 8508.11.00 or 8508.19.10 | 0% |
