TransPacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiating Parties - 2-D. Japan Appendix C Tariff Differentials lyrics

Tariff schedules and appendices are subject to legal review, transposition and verification by the Parties. The only authentic tariff commitments are those that are set out in the Tariff Elimination Annex that accompanies the final, signed Agreement. Appendix C to Schedule of Japan Tariff Differentials For an originating good identified below in Table 2-D-X, during the period specified in the Table for each good, in accordance with the origin criterion applied in a claim for preferential tariff treatment of the importer: (a) Japan shall apply either: (i) the rate of customs duty applicable to the originating good from the Party where the good acquired the originating status in accordance with the process requirement or change in tariff cla**ification requirement set out in Annex (PSR); or (ii) the rate of customs duty applicable to the originating good from the Party where the largest value was added among claimed production process, or the highest rate among the rates applicable to the originating good from those Parties involved in claimed production process, when the good acquired the originating status through a production process in accordance with the requirement set out in Article DD. 2(a), (b) or the regional value content requirement set out in Annex (PSR). (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a)(i), for an originating good other than the goods cla**ified in Chapters from 84 to 91 which are a**embled with parts, when the good acquired the originating status in accordance with the change in tariff cla**ification requirement set out in Annex(PSR) and the material used in the production of the originating good is cla**ified in: (i) the same chapter as the complete or finished good if the applicable requirement is based on a change in chapter; (ii) the same heading as the complete or finished good if the applicable requirement is based on a change in heading; or (iii) the same subheading as the complete or finished good if the applicable requirement is based on a change in subheading, as the case may be, Japan shall apply the rate of customs duty applicable to the originating good from the Party where such material used in the production of the originating good, referred to in (i), (ii) or (iii) respectively, is produced. (c) If the rate of customs duty is not determined by application of subparagraph (a) or (b), Japan shall apply the rate of customs duty applicable to the originating good from the Party where the largest value was added among claimed production process. (Note) If the product-specific rule of origin requires to satisfy the regional value content requirement in combination with the process requirement or the change in tariff cla**ification requirement, the applicable rate of customs duty is determined by application Tariff schedules and appendices are subject to legal review, transposition and verification by the Parties. The only authentic tariff commitments are those that are set out in the Tariff Elimination Annex that accompanies the final, signed Agreement. of subparagraph (a) (ii). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 2-D-X Tariff Line Description Period 030199210 (1)Nishin (Clupea spp.), Tara (Gadus spp., Theragra spp. and Merluccius spp.), Buri (Seriola spp.), Saba (Scomber spp.), Iwashi (Etrumeus spp., Sardinops spp. and Engraulis spp.), Aji (Trachurus spp. and Decapterus spp.) and Samma (Cololabis spp.) From Year 5 to Year 9 030264000 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) From Year 5 to Year 9 030269019 - Other From Year 5 to Year 9 030374000 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) From Year 7 to Year 8 030379021 -- Aji From Year 5 to Year 9 170290523 (b)Maltose From Year 9 190190243 - Other From Year 8 350510100 1 Esterified starches and other starch derivatives From Year 3 to Year 5 440710110 (1)Planed or sanded Fron Year 1 to 4 441231111 (1)Tangued, grooved or similarly works on one or both sides From Year 1 to Year 2, From Year 9 to Year 15 441231191 (2)Other From Year 1 to Year 2, From Year 9 to Year 15 441231911 - Less than 3mm in thickness From Year 1 to Year 2, From Year 9 to Year 15 441231921 - Less than 6mm but not less than 3mm in thickness From Year 1 to Year 2, From Year 9 to Year 15 441231931 - Less than 12mm but not less than 6mm in thickness Year 1, From Year 10 to Year 15 441231941 - Less than 24mm but not less than 12mm in thickness Year 1, From Year 10 to Year 15 441231951 - Not less than 24mm in thickness Year 1, From Year 10 to Year 15 720211000 Containing by weight more than 2% of carbon From Year 1 to Year 5 750120100 1 Nickel oxide sinters containing by weight not less than 88% of nickel From Year 1 to Year 8 750210000 Nickel, not alloyed From Year 1 to Year 8 Note: For greater certainty, this table only consists of : 1) those goods with a tariff differential of more than 3% points, and 2) those goods with a tariff differential of which the rate of customs duty is non-ad valorem rate.