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Home > Export/Import > Customs Answer(FAQ) > 4018 Overview of the Elimination or Reduction in Tariffs under the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement

4018 Overview of the Elimination or Reduction in Tariffs under the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement

  Based on the EPA between Japan and Indonesia, the tariff is scheduled to be eliminated for roughly 97% of the value of commerce between the two countries (approx. 99% of exports from Japan and approx. 94% of imports from Indonesia) within 10 years from enforcement of the Agreement.

I. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

  1. Japan's key concessions

    • Prawn & processed prawn products, forestry products (excluding laminated boards), etc.: Immediate tariff elimination
    • Fresh bananas: Tariff quota
      • Tariff rate for quota: Tariff free for 1,000 tons a year (quota to be renegotiated in the fifth year of the EPA enforcement)
      • Tariff rate outside quota: 10% (April-September) and 20% (October-March)
    • Fresh pineapple: Tariff quota
      • Tariff rate for quota: Tariff free, with quota increased in phases to 300 tons a year in the fifth year (with quota to be renegotiated in the fifth year of the EPA enforcement)
      • Tariff rate outside quota: 17%
    • Sorbitol: Tariff quota
      • Tariff rate for quota: 3.4% for 25,000 tons a year (quota to be renegotiated in the fifth year of the EPA enforcement)
      • Tariff rate outside quota: To be reduced from 17 to 12 percent in seven years

  2. Thailand's key concessions

    • Apples, grapes and persimmons: Immediate tariff elimination

II. Industrial products

  1. Japan's key concessions

    Virtually all tariffs for mining and industrial products imported into Japan are eliminated immediately.

  2. Thailand's key concessions

    • (a)  Motor vehicles and auto parts

      • Assembled vehicles

        • Passenger cars exceeding 3,000cc: Tariff elimination by 2012
        • Passenger cars under 3,000cc: Tariff elimination/reduction for virtually all vehicles to less than 5% by 2016

    • (b)  Steel

      • High-quality steel used in motor vehicles and parts, electric and electrical equipment, construction machinery & energy: Tariff exemption (exemption for specific uses)

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