TURKEY

25 October 2018

Turkey’s ambitious incentive programmes provide local and foreign investors equal access to a wide range of support measures, including various fiscal incentives, land allocation and interest rate support. The project-based incentive scheme, which came into force in late 2016, further enables investors to tailor their own incentive package from a pool of support instruments in order to make their investment the most feasible and profitable. More

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Turkey’s Super Incentives Scheme: Large Package of Benefits Tailored to the Needs of Desired Investments

24 September 2018

Turkey’s project-based incentive scheme, which came into force on 26 November 2016 pursuant to the Decree on Project-Based State Support for Investments, is a specific scheme providing possibilities greater than those provided under the already existing general, regional, priority, large-scale and strategic incentives schemes. More

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U.S. Flexes Trade Muscle Against Turkey as High-Ranking Senate Lawmaker Voices Concern About Section 232 Product Exclusion Process

14 August 2018

President Trump announced in a 10 August tweet that he has authorised the doubling of Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium from Turkey, showcasing his willingness to play hardball on trade matters – even against historical allies – in an effort to get his way on priority issues. More

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Incentives for Turkey’s Belt and Road Partners

09 July 2018

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Reviving Trade Routes in Turkey

29 June 2018

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Toy Story

14 December 2017

Set up in 2010, Bioserie started out making phone covers using bioplastics, which are made from organic biomass sources. More

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Twenty Year Old EU-Turkey Customs Union May Get a Facelift

27 January 2017

On 21 December 2016, the European Commission announced that it has asked the European Council for a mandate to enter into negotiations with Turkey with a view to modernising the existing EU-Turkey Customs Union. Currently, trade between the EU and Turkey is governed by the Customs Union that entered into force in 1996, which allows the tariff-free trade in goods. The current agreement does not include agriculture (except for processed products), services, or public procurement. More

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Turkey Transposes Low Voltage Directive and Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive into Its National Body of Law

09 December 2016

Hong Kong traders with an interest in the Turkish market may like to know that Turkey has transposed into its national legislation the Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2014/30/EU) in order to comply with its obligations under the Customs Union with the EU. More

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Turkey Initiates Anti-dumping Investigation on Imports of Certain Tableware and Kitchenware Originating in Mainland China

14 October 2016

Hong Kong traders with export interests in Turkey may like to know that Turkey initiated a dumping investigation into tableware and kitchenware of ceramic and porcelain originating in mainland China and currently falling under Tariff Statistical Positions 6911.10.00.00.11, 6911.10.00.00.12, 6911.10.00.00.19, 6912.00.21.00.00, 6912.00.23.00.00, 6912.00.25.00.11, 6912.00.25.00.12, 6912.00.25.00.19 and 6912.00.29.00.00. More

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Turkey Initiates Investigation on Imports of Solar Panels Originating in Mainland China

05 August 2016

Hong Kong traders with export interests in Turkey may like to know that Turkey initiated an anti-dumping investigation into solar panels originating in mainland China and currently falling under Tariff Statistical Position 8541.40.90.00.11. The investigation was initiated by Decree No. 2016/29 on the Prevention of Unfair Competition from Imports, published in the Turkish Official Journal, No. 29759, dated 1 July 2016. More

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