As per the official announcement released on September18, 2009, Turkey has made a downward revision of four percent to its import duties applied on hot rolled and cold rolled steel products.
As a result of this revision, the new import duty on hot rolled steel stands at nine percent, while the import duty on cold rolled steel has declined to 10 percent. The duties on hot dipped galvanized and pre-painted steel have remained unchanged.
As for imports of hot rolled steel for re-rolling purposes, mills that produce cold rolled steel from hot rolled steel will temporarily be subject to a duty of five percent for their direct imports.
Product |
Previous duty rate (%) |
Duty as of Sept. 18, 2009 (%)
|
HR |
13 |
9 |
CR |
14 |
10 |
HDG |
15 |
15 |
PPGI |
15 |
15 |
Please click here to see the full list of HTS codes for which duties have been revised as of September 18, 2009. (Only available in Turkish.)