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Turkey Substantially Increases Tariffs On Imported Woven Fabrics

2011/1/24 18:22:00 54

In January 13th, the Turkey government issued an official statement that the Turkey government planned to increase import tariffs on imported fabrics from the world because of the impact and damage of domestic manufacturers by imported products.

This is the restrictions imposed by the Turkish side on the global textile suppliers after the lifting of the restrictions on the import of Chinese textiles in 2008.

According to the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, this announcement

Fabric products

It involves 13 tax numbers: 5111, 5112, 5208, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5513, 5513 and 5513. The products include cotton, wool and chemical fiber woven fabrics.

According to the country type of the import fabric sources, the earthwork divides three tariff collection ranges: for developing countries (also known as DC countries), the import tariff is increased by 28% on the original basis, but the highest level of taxation is not more than 4 US dollars / kg, the lowest is 1 US dollars / kg.

For the least developed countries and those benefiting from special agreements (LDC countries), the increase is 21%, and the maximum is not more than 3.75 US dollars / kg, with a minimum of 0.75 US dollars / kg.

For other types of countries (OC countries) increased by 30%, the highest level is not more than 4.25 US dollars / kg, the lowest 1.25 US dollars / kg.

Reporters from the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce recently learned that the Turkey import tariff increase in addition to affecting our country.

Fabric export

Besides, the types of products that increase import duties also involve clothing products, including knitted garments and woven garments, covering almost all kinds of clothing products exported to China, but the accessories are not included.

The head of the clothing department of the China Textiles Import and export chamber said that the import tariffs of Turkey on imported textile fabrics and clothing will have a greater impact on China's fabric and garment export enterprises in Turkey, and it is easy to trigger the joint effect of other countries' import restriction measures.

Our country is

Turkey

The largest supplier of fabric.

According to customs statistics, in 2007, the amount of products exported to Turkey involving the above 13 tax numbers was 350 million US dollars. In 2008, the export was down by the financial crisis, and in 2009, it fell to 300 million US dollars.

In 2010, China's exports to Turkey increased rapidly, and exports amounted to US $490 million in 1~11 months, an increase of 86.39% over the same period last year, accounting for 2.7% of our exports to similar products in the world. Turkey ranks eleventh in China's textile export market.

Due to the large scale and high volume of products announced by the Turkish side, many countries involved have attracted the attention of relevant countries.

At the time of press release, the Chinese textile import and Export Chamber of commerce is cooperating with the government in actively negotiating with the Turkey side and closely following the development of the event. The export clothing products tax rate affected is being verified and confirmed.