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4026 Elimination of Tariffs on Imported Goods under the Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement

The Japan-Philippines economic partnership agreement specifies details of tariff concessions in Annex 1. Categories of concessions such as immediate tariff elimination, gradual tariff elimination or reduction, tariff quota, etc. are prescribed in the "General Notes" of Part 1 of Annex I (Reference 1). Also, the details on re-negotiation, tariff quota and tariff reduction, etc. is prescribed in "Notes for Schedule of Japan" in Section 1, Part 2, Annex 1 (Reference 2).

(Reference 1: General Notes)
Table 4 columnDescriptionNotes
ATariff elimination on the date of EPA enforcementItems for immediate tariff elimination
BnUniform tariff reduction on a yearly basis in “n+1” phases from the date of EPA enforcement Elimination from standard rate in "n+1” phasesItems for tariff reduction & elimination in phases
n=3,5,7,10,15
First phase: The date of EPA enforcement
Subsequent phases: April 1 of each year
PTariff reduction under conditions specified in the Notes in the 5th columnItems for tariff reduction in phases
(Example: Tomato ketchup, pineapple juice, etc.)
QEstablishment of tariff quotaTariff quota items (Examples: Chicken (excluding thigh meat with bone), fresh pineapple (less than 900 g), certain processed pork products, sorghum (excluding livestock feed) ice cream, etc.)
RTalks on tariff elimination, etc., after a period of time following EPA enforcementItems for renegotiation (Example: Laminated boards, etc.)
XNo concessions in tariff elimination, etc.Exemption items (Examples: Wheat, processed wheat products, marine IQ products, etc.)

・ Schedule of Japan (Section 2 of Part 2 of Annex 1) (Japanese)
  http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/fta/j_asean/philippines/pdfs/fuzoku01.pdf
・ Schedule of the Philippines (Section 2 of Part 3 of Annex 1) (English)
  http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/philippine/epa0609/annex1.pdf
 
 

 


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