Turkey will import agricultural and food products from Venezuela with zero import tax
Regulation & Compliances
Sustainability & Environmental Impact
Gokce Yayimli
Published Aug 23, 2020
According to the decision published by the government, Turkey will import 1.5 kmt of various kinds of cheese, 2 kmt of oat, 400 tons of peanuts, 5 kmt of sunflower seeds, 2 kmt of castor oil, 2 kmt of sesame seed, 1.5 kmt of chocolate and cacao products and 2 kmt of safflower from Venezuela with zero import tax applied to these imports.
The decision has been with frustration from local producers who do not believe that there is a need to import these products and that the domestic demand cold be easily fulfilled by the domestic products.
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