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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.

Published 23 October 2020
Last updated 7 December 2020 — see all updates

• From: Department for International Trade

Business guidance

• UK-Japan CEPA: guidance on importer’s knowledge
  • 7 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Trade with Japan from 1 January 2021
  • 8 January 2021
  • 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
  • 26 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

• 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
  • 23 October 2020
  • Impact assessment

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.