Turkey: Banana, garlic, sunflower oil imports are allowed

Published 2021년 6월 11일

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The Turkish Ministry of Commerce has introduced new regulations for the import of certain food products, including bananas, garlic, and seafood, as stated in three communiqués published in the Official Gazette. These regulations require importers to register their import information with the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations General Secretariat or the Mediterranean Exporters' Associations General Secretariat, which has been authorized as the Registration Center by the Ministry of Commerce. This step is aimed at enhancing surveillance over food imports and is subject to public debate.

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Original content

With the three communiqués of the Ministry of Commerce published in the Official Gazette on the implementation of surveillance in imports, imports of some food products, including bananas, garlic and seafood, were registered. The government introduced new restrictive regulations in the scope of imports of food products, which is the subject of public debate. With three separate communiqués of the Ministry of Commerce published in the Official Gazette, imports of products such as fish and seafood, bananas, garlic, green tea, sweet peppers, ground red pepper, shelled peanuts, sunflower snacks and sunflower oil were registered. Accordingly, importers who want to import products will have to register their import information to the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations General Secretariat or ...

Source: Gidatarim