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[RCEP서명] “Minimize the additional opening of agricultural products … Protection of sensitive items such as rice” Excluding concessions such as rice, pepper, garlic and onion … 136 additional concession elements The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the agreement The world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA) was finally signed on the 15th, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs predicted that the impact on Korean farms would be limited. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced that it has minimized the additional openness compared to the FTA already concluded by reflecting the sensitivity of agricultural products in the data of the ‘Agricultural Sector Negotiation Results (RCEP)’ published on the day. In particular, sensitive items with large imports, such as rice, peppers, garlic, onions, and bananas and pineapples, were protected by the exclusion of concessions. Compared to the existing FTA in Korea, there are 136 additional concession items, of which some additional open items have sufficiently secured a period for tariff elimination. For example, guava (30% tariff rate), papaya (30%), and mangosteen (30%) will lose tariffs after 10 years. Among the countries that have already signed an FTA other than the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, ASEAN), China has flagpole (20% tariff rate, 20-year tariff abolition period) and dextrin (8%, immediate elimination ), and Australia has sausage tripe (27%, 20 years old). ) It was opened. Negotiations with New Zealand were closed without further opening. Since there is no FTA, it concluded the negotiations to open the agricultural products market at a lower level of openness compared to other FTAs with Japan, which has the effect of a new signature. The tariff elimination ratio on agricultural products with Japan is 46%, lower than the NAFTA average of 72%. Among the promising export items in Korea, items such as soju and makgeolli (Japan), apples and pears (Indonesia), and strawberries (Thailand) have improved market access. The negotiations included the strengthening of cooperation, such as the exchange of information, and details of related procedural requirements for the operation of transparent and reasonable health quarantine measures (SPS).
[https://youtu.be/2SNWQtz7iOc] Regulations have also been established to strengthen the safety of imported food, such as requesting countermeasures to prevent recurrence in the case of serious ineligibility related to SPS in imported food. Fresh agricultural products meet strict standards of origin to avoid circumventing imports within the RCEP, but relatively relaxed standards were applied for processed foods in consideration of domestic supply and demand conditions for raw materials and export potential. An official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food said: “The government will carry out an impact assessment based on the relevant laws and, based on the results, we will prepare national complementary measures for the affected industries.”
[표] Additional concession items compared to Korea’s existing FTA
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[https://youtu.be/2SNWQtz7iOc] Regulations have also been established to strengthen the safety of imported food, such as requesting countermeasures to prevent recurrence in the case of serious ineligibility related to SPS in imported food. Fresh agricultural products meet strict standards of origin to avoid circumventing imports within the RCEP, but relatively relaxed standards were applied for processed foods in consideration of domestic supply and demand conditions for raw materials and export potential. An official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food said: “The government will carry out an impact assessment based on the relevant laws and, based on the results, we will prepare national complementary measures for the affected industries.”
[표] Additional concession items compared to Korea’s existing FTA
┌────┬─────┬──────────────────────────┐ │ 대상국 │ 양허유형 │ 품 목 │ ├────┼─────┼───┬──────────────────────┤ │아세안※│즉시 철폐 │ 축산 │체더 치즈 │ │ (130) │ (4) ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │과수·│키위 │ │ │ │ 채소 │ │ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 기타 │유채유(기타), 초콜릿과 기타조제식료품 │ │ ├─────┼───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │10년 철폐 │ 식량 │밤바라콩, 동부콩, 채두류, 캐슈너트 등 │ │ │ (54) ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 축산 │모차렐라 치즈, 식용설육(냉장, 냉동) 등 │ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │과수·│대추야자, 구아바, 망고스틴, 파파야, 두리안, │ │ │ │ 채소 │레몬, 체리 │ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 기타 │파인애플주스, 겨자유 │ │ ├─────┼───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │15년 철폐 │ 식량 │전분글루, 덱스트린글루, 기타 글루 │ │ │ (62) ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 축산 │거위(냉장·냉동, 절단육), 기니아새(냉장·냉 │ │ │ │ │동, 절단육), 육즙 │ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │과수·│크랜베리, 토란줄기, 과실류(기타 건조), 마태 │ │ │ │ 채소 │및 차 조제품, 기타조제저장과실(살구, 체리) │ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 기타 │맥주, 혼합조제식료품, 국수, 인삼음료 │ │ ├─────┼───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │20년 철폐 │ 식량 │강낭콩, 타피오카(냉동) │ │ │ (10) ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 축산 │소식용설육(냉동), 거위(절단육), 기니아새(절 │ │ │ │ │단육), 녹용 전지(건조), 녹각, 녹용 전지 이외│ │ │ ├───┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ 기타 │잼 │ ├────┼─────┼───┴──────────────────────┤ │ 호주 │20년 철폐 │소시지 케이싱(돼지, 양) │ │ (2) │ (2) │ │ ├────┼─────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ 중국 │즉시 철폐 │덱스트린(변성전분) │ │ │ (1) │ │ │ ├─────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │20년 철폐 │녹용 전지(건조), 녹각, 녹용 전지 이외 │ │ │ (3) │ │ ├────┼─────┼──────────────────────────┤ │뉴질랜드│ - │ - │ └────┴─────┴──────────────────────────┘
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