Turkey: Customs duties on some agricultural products have been revised without increasing rates

A regulation was made in such a way that the customs duty rate to be charged on imports of garlic, almonds, walnuts, bananas, tea, snack sunflowers and peanuts would not change. The President's Decision on Amending the Import Regime Decision was published in the Official Gazette. With the decision, changes were made in the customs duty rates applied to the import of garlic, almonds, walnuts, bananas, tea, sunflowers for snacks and peanuts in order to protect and support domestic production. While the tax rates were divided into proportional and fixed (additional financial liabilities per ton), it was aimed to implement a more effective application without changing the total customs tax rate. With the regulation, it is aimed to create a fair and competitive structure in the agricultural sector by preventing imports with unit prices far below the world prices. In this context, it is foreseen to protect the producer, to prevent the formation of an unfair competition environment in ...