The Turkish President's decrees published on 10 August 2018
amended various provisions concerning customs matters. Below will
be sketched the measures (i) establishing
additional duties against imports of wall paper and wall coatings,
(ii) lowering the customs duty rates on some
agricultural products, and (iii) modifying the
list of countries eligible to Turkey's generalised system of
preferences.
1. Safeguard Measures against Imports of Wall Paper and Wall
Coatings
As a result of the safeguard investigation conducted by the
Turkish Ministry of Trade, the Turkish President's Decree
181 extended for three years the safeguard measures (in
the form of additional duties) on imports of certain wall paper and
wall coating products by reducing the previous duties. The products
concerned and the measures taken are as follows:
