Japan Agricultural Newspaper-Low tariffs within the blue-cheese EPA framework of the Japan-UK trade agreement

Regarding the blue cheese, which is the focus of negotiations with the United Kingdom on trade agreements with the UK, the final adjustment was made to apply low tariffs to British products as long as there are excess EU import quotas. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu and Truss, the UK's international minister for trade, will hold close talks at 28 video conferences, aiming for a major agreement. Under the European Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that came into effect in February 2019, up to 3 soft cheeses such as blue cheese An import quota of 11,000 tons will be established and the tax rate will be gradually reduced and eliminated. The import quota of 20,600 tons in fiscal year 19 was a utilization rate of 58%. In negotiations, Blue, represented by "Stilton," Demanding tariff preferential treatment such as cheese. It seems that the EU import quota was sought to be diverted to the UK. Importers import UK cheese at the normal tariff rate (29.8%), and EU If there is a surplus in ...