Perjanjian EPA mewajibkan Jepang untuk menurunkan dan menghapus tarif bea masuk atas produk pertanian dan manufaktur Indonesia sebesar 90 persen dalam jangka waktu tiga hingga 15 tahun ke depan.
Under the agreement Indonesia would be expected to be able to export its farm as well as manufactured products to Japan as Japan would cut import tarrifs on the products by 90 percent or scrap them within 15 years.