Japan: TRQ Allocation Rates for FTAs in JFY 2020

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   JA2021-0053

Since 2018, Japan has implemented three large-scale free trade agreements (FTA) with major economies: the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Japan-EU EPA, and the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA). Under the three agreements, Japan created tariff-rate-quotas (TRQs) for a selection of agricultural commodities and products. This report provides the full list of TRQs and country specific quotas (CSQs) from these three agreements and their respective allocation rates for Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) 2020. During JFY 2020, the number of TRQs/CSQs which had allocations across the three agreements ranged from 44 to 70 percent.

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