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A deep Philippine schedule, thin utilisation

Schedule depth is not utilisation and is not applied MFN. APEC Day-1: PH opened 81.9–83.0% of lines (highest AMS except SG 100%); RCEP EIF for PH 2 Jun 2023; IDE-JETRO PH import utilisation on China 2% (Jan–Oct 2024). KH/LA ~29.9%, MMR 30.0%; TH 66.3%, VN 65.3%, ID 65.0–65.1%, MY 69.9%, BN 76.5%. TLS not a party.

Mixed vintages

Preferential schedule depth

Base and opening duty-free tariff-line shares.

Base duty-free share

% tariff lines

pre-RCEP
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei76.9pre-RCEP
Cambodia13.5pre-RCEP
Indonesia12.5pre-RCEP
Laos0.0pre-RCEP
Malaysia64.6pre-RCEP
Myanmar4.2pre-RCEP
Philippines5.0pre-RCEP
Singaporehub100.0pre-RCEP
Thailand17.7pre-RCEP
Vietnam31.4pre-RCEP
Timor-LesteGAPGAP

APEC PSU 2022 Table 1.4

Opening duty-free share

% tariff lines

Day-1 schedule
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei76.5Day-1 schedule
Cambodia29.9Day-1 schedule
Indonesia65.05Day-1 schedule
Laos29.9Day-1 schedule
Malaysia69.9Day-1 schedule
Myanmar30.0Day-1 schedule
Philippines82.45Day-1 schedule
Singaporehub100.0Day-1 schedule
Thailand66.3Day-1 schedule
Vietnam65.3Day-1 schedule
Timor-LesteGAPGAP

APEC PSU 2022 Table 1.4

Opening range lower bound

% tariff lines

Day-1 schedule
EconomyValueVintage
BruneiGAPGAP
CambodiaGAPGAP
Indonesia65.0Day-1 schedule
LaosGAPGAP
MalaysiaGAPGAP
MyanmarGAPGAP
Philippines81.9Day-1 schedule
SingaporehubGAPGAP
ThailandGAPGAP
VietnamGAPGAP
Timor-LesteGAPGAP

APEC PSU 2022 Table 1.4

Opening range upper bound

% tariff lines

Day-1 schedule
EconomyValueVintage
BruneiGAPGAP
CambodiaGAPGAP
Indonesia65.1Day-1 schedule
LaosGAPGAP
MalaysiaGAPGAP
MyanmarGAPGAP
Philippines83.0Day-1 schedule
SingaporehubGAPGAP
ThailandGAPGAP
VietnamGAPGAP
Timor-LesteGAPGAP

APEC PSU 2022 Table 1.4

Mixed vintages

Applied and MFN crosswalk

A labelled crosswalk only; these are not preferential RCEP rates.

Applied simple mean

%

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei0.182022
Cambodia12.312022
Indonesia5.822022
Laos2.492022
Malaysia5.432022
Myanmar2.982022
Philippines3.942022
Singaporehub0.052022
Thailand8.262022
Vietnam3.712022
Timor-Leste2.522021

WDI TM.TAX.MRCH.SM.AR.ZS via tariffs_rcep pack 2026-09-22

MFN simple mean

%

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei0.212022
Cambodia10.22022
Indonesia7.972022
Laos8.482022
Malaysia5.512022
Myanmar6.512022
Philippines6.152022
Singaporehub0.072022
Thailand9.822022
Vietnam9.652022
Timor-Leste2.532021

WDI TM.TAX.MRCH.SM.FN.ZS via tariffs_rcep pack 2026-09-22

2023

Utilisation

Sparse published utilisation remains sparse.

Export utilisation

%

2023
EconomyValueVintage
BruneiGAPGAP
CambodiaGAPGAP
IndonesiaGAPGAP
LaosGAPGAP
Malaysia0.072023
MyanmarGAPGAP
PhilippinesGAPGAP
SingaporehubGAPGAP
Thailand2.72023
Vietnam1.262023
Timor-LesteGAPGAP

CIRD/Reformdata EN summary; IDE-JETRO PB 200

2022 study

Preference-margin bands

Qualitative bands are not converted into invented percentages.

ERIA margin band

categorical

2022 study
EconomyValueVintage
Bruneiforerunner_trivial2022 study
Cambodiaclmv_larger2022 study
Indonesiaforerunner_trivial2022 study
Laosclmv_larger2022 study
Malaysiaforerunner_trivial2022 study
Myanmarclmv_larger2022 study
Philippinesforerunner_trivial2022 study
Singaporehubnear_zero_mfn2022 study
Thailandforerunner_trivial2022 study
Vietnamclmv_larger2022 study
Timor-Lestenot_applicable2022 study

ERIA-DP-2022-13

Every frame preserves its own unit and vintage. Empty cells are shown as GAP, never zero.

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