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UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Business guidance, explainers and other key documents to help you understand the UK-Japan CEPA.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 23 October 2020
• Last updated: 7 December 2020 — See all updates

Business guidance

You can:

• get advice on how to export on great.gov.uk
• find market opportunities on great.gov.uk
• learn more about rules of origin
• find the relevant duty rates and commodity codes for your goods in our check duties and customs procedures for exporting goods and trade tariff tools
• get help by asking the export support team a question

• Trade with  Japan
  • 20 December 2024
  • Guidance
• UK-Japan CEPA: guidance on importer’s knowledge
  • 7 December 2020
  • Guidance
• UK-Japan CEPA: tariff rate quota (TRQ) scheme technical notice
  • 30 November 2020
  • Guidance
• UK/Japan: Agreement for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership: summary of chapters
  • 30 November 2020

Explainers

• UK-Japan CEPA: benefits for the UK
  • 23 October 2020
  • Promotional material
• UK-Japan CEPA: agri-foods explainer
  • 5 November 2020
  • Promotional material
• UK-Japan CEPA: digital and data explainer
  • 4 November 2020
  • Promotional material
• UK-Japan CEPA: geographical indications explainer
  • 4 November 2020
  • Promotional material
• UK-Japan CEPA: rules of origin explainer
  • 4 November 2020
  • Promotional material
• UK-Japan CEPA: how your data is protected
  • 4 December 2020
  • Promotional material

Treaty information

Read the agreement documents to understand what the agreement covers and how it might apply to your business.

The parliamentary report provides an explanation of the agreement, including any significant differences or enhancements. It also includes information on rules of origin and trade tariff quotas.

It also shows if the agreement is long form (a standalone agreement) or short form (you should also read the EU agreement).

The agreement document [CS Japan No.1/2020] sets out how the agreement will be implemented in the UK, including any changes to UK legislation.

• UK/Japan: Agreement for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership [CS Japan No.1/2020]
  • 30 November 2020
  • International treaty
• The UK’s trade relationship with Japan: parliamentary report
  • 23 October 2020
  • Policy paper
• UK-Japan CEPA: final impact assessment
  • 26 February 2021
  • Impact assessment
• UK-Japan CEPA documents
  • 20 December 2024
  • Decision

Published 23 October 2020
Last updated 7 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 7 December 2020

   Added link to UK-Japan CEPA: guidance on importer’s knowledge.

2. 4 December 2020

   Added link to UK-Japan CEPA: how your data is protected

3. 2 December 2020

   Added links to UK-Japan CEPA: benefits for the UK and UK/Japan: Agreement for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership: summary of chapters.

4. 30 November 2020

   Added links to: Trade with Japan from 1 January 2021, provisions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), tariff rate quota (TRQ) scheme technical notice, and changes to product-specific rules (PSRs)

5. 6 November 2020

   Added explainer PDF for digital and data.

6. 5 November 2020

   Added 3x explainer PDFs for: rules of origin, agri-food, and geographical indications.

7. 4 November 2020

   Removed UK-Japan CEPA explainers for rules of origin, digital and data, geographical indications and agri-food.

8. 4 November 2020

   Added promotional document for agri-foods and explainer documents for rules of origin, digital and data, and geographical indices.

9. 23 October 2020

   First published.