Customs Updates In Turkey For The Import Of Various Goods

On 17 August 2017, the Council of Ministers enacted the Additional Decision to Import Regime Decision No. 10561 and the Additional Decision to Import Regime Decision No. 10580 (together referred to as "Decisions"). The Decisions set forth additional customs duties that shall be taken in respect to the imports of the goods falling under the CN codes that are listed in the List No. 2 attached to the Import Regime Decision enacted by the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 20.12.1995 and numbered 95/7606.

Indeed, it was decided by the Council of Ministers to enact those Decisions pursuant to the letters of the Ministry of Economy of 03 July 2017 (for the Decision No. 2017/10561) and of 17 July 2017 (for the Decision No. 2017/10580) and in accordance with Article 1 of the Law No. 1567 dated 20 February 1930 (Law regarding the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency), Article 2 of Law No. 474 dated 14 May 1964 (Law on Customs Tariff Schedule), Article 2 of the