UK-Japan CEPA Business Guidance

2 Dec 2020 12:24 PM

The business guidance for the UK-Japan CEPA is now available and it covers key terms of trade and market access for importers and exporters under the CEPA.

The UK Government has now published the business guidance for the UK-Japan CEPA. You can access the full details here. This is a 'live' document, which will be updated with further details going forward.

The guidance covers key terms of trade and market access for importers and exporters under the CEPA and allows you to get a better understanding on how to maximise opportunities arising from UK-Japan CEPA. For instance, if you need to know what the tariff rate on your products will be to export to Japan, or which products benefit from new Rules of Origin (ROO) arrangements, or how the new TRQ arrangement for certain products work in practice, then the UK-Japan CEPA business huidance can provide you with useful details. 

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has prioritised key content to have available in advance of entry into force at the end of this year, as per table below. In summary this includes:

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