4011 Elimination of Tariffs on Imported Goods under the Japan Chile Economic Partnership Agreement
The Japan-Chile economic partnership agreement specifies details of tariff concessions in Annex 1. Immediate tariff elimination, gradual tariff elimination or reduction, and the categories for concession in tariff quota, etc., for Japan are prescribed in the "General Notes" of Part 1 of Annex 1 (Reference 1). Also, the detailed schedule for Japan on renegotiations, tariff quota and uniform tariff reduction, etc., are prescribed in "Notes for Schedule of Japan" in Part 2, Annex 1 (Reference 2).
(Reference 1: General Notes) Table 4
column
Description Notes
A Tariff elimination on the date of EPA enforcement
Items for immediate tariff elimination
Bn
Uniform tariff reduction on a yearly basis in “n+1” phases from the date of EPA enforcement, for elimination of the standard tariff rate at the “n+1-th” phase
Items for tariff reduction &
elimination in phases n=5,7,10,12,12*,15,
Phase 1: Date of EPA enforcement;
subsequent phases: April 1 of each year
P Uniform tariff reduction from the date of EPA enforcement
Target: Waffles & wafers and certain processed peanut products Phase 1: Date of EPA enforcement;
subsequent phases: April 1 of each year
Q Establishment of tariff quota Targets: Beef, beef scraps, pork, chicken, tomato puree and paste R
Talks on tariff elimination, etc., after a period of time following EPA enforcement
Items for review in the talks X No concessions in tariff
elimination, etc. Exemption items
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(Reference 2: Notes for Schedule of Japan) Table 5
column Description
1
Beef: Tariff quota requirements (quota: 1,300 tons in first year → 4,000 tons in fifth year; quota tax rate: 34.6% in the first and second years &
30.8% in the third through fifth years) 2
Pork: Tariff quota requirements (quota: 32,000 tons in first year → 60,000 tons in fifth year; quota tax rate: 2.2% in ad valorem duty for meat portions & 4.3% in ad valorem duty for processed meats)
3
Beef scraps: Tariff quota requirements (quota: 600 tons in first year, 750 tons in fifth year; quota tax rate: 11.5% in the first and second years &
7.6% in the third through fifth years)
4 Date of renegotiation (fifth year after EPA enforcement): Oranges, abalone, etc.
5
Chicken: Tariff quota requirements (quota: 3,500 tons in first year → 5,500 tons in fifth year; quota tax rate: 10.7% in the first and second years
& 8.5% in the third through fifth years)
6 Date of renegotiation (3 years after EPA enforcement): Certain cheese products
7 Uniform tariff reduction: Waffles and wafers
8 Tomato purée and paste: Tariff quota requirements (quota: 3,700 tons in first year → 5,000 tons in fifth year; quota tax rate: Duty-free)
9 Uniform tariff reduction: Certain processed peanut products (with sugar added)
10 Uniform tariff reduction: Certain processed peanut products (others) 11 Uniform tariff reduction: Bottled wine
Provisions regarding tariff concessions between Japan and Chile
・Japan Schedule (Part 1 & 2, Annex I) (Japanese)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/fta/j_chile/pdfs/fuzokusho.pdf
・Japan and Chile Schedules (Part 1, 2 & 3, Annex I) (English) http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/latin/chile/joint0703/annex.pdf
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