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The Communiqué No. 2020/8 Amending the Communiqué No. 96/31 on Goods Prohibited from Export or That Require Pre-Approval and the Communiqué No. 2020/9 on Amending the Communiqué No. 2006/7 on Goods Subject to Registration for Export (“Communiqués“) were published in the Official Gazette no. 31115 dated May 2, 2020. The Communiqués remove various export control measures imposed as part of COVID-19 pre-cautions on export transactions. Developments The government introduced a number of measures to combat…

Following the recent developments, the Decision of the President of the Republic of Turkey regarding added fiscal burdens on import of certain products originating from the United States was published in the Official Gazette dated August 15, 2018 and No. 30510 (“Decision”). The Decision calls for added fiscal burdens on 22 separate categories of items originating from the US. The additional tariffs range from 4% to 140%. “Origin” is defined as the economic nationality of…