Turkish Ministry of Economy has announced that it has imposed import duty on certain flat rolled steel products as of January 1, 2018.
Accordingly, hot rolled flat steel products classified under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 720890801011 and 720890802011 are now subject to nine percent import duty, while certain cold rolled flat steel products classified under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 720990802111 and 720990802911 are subject to 10 percent import duty.
Additionally, tinplate products which are classified under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 721240201921, 721250201011, 721250209011, 721250301011, 721250309011, 721250401011, 721250409011, 721250611011, 721250619011, 721250691011 and 721250699011 have been made subject to an import duty of 15 percent.
Import duty for the products in question was zero until 2018.