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Ref : EIC 230/2/1/1/11
16 January 2008
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 48/2008
Turkey: Safeguard Actions on Mainland's Textiles and Clothing Products
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 33/2007 dated 11 January 2007, Turkey has announced that it will continue to apply quantitative restrictions on certain textiles and clothing (T&C) products from the Mainland in 2008.
DETAILS
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The Turkish authorities announced by way of a circular on 28 December 2007 that an investigation had established that the market disruption and threat of market disruption caused by the T&C imports from the Mainland had threatened the orderly development of trade. They have therefore decided to unilaterally impose quantitative limits on the imports of 20 groups of Mainland's T&C products for another year with effect from 1 January 2008. Shipments of the products concerned will have to be covered by proper import licences. In this connection, traders are reminded to confirm with their buyers or importers on details of the import arrangements before arranging export of the relevant T&C products originating in the Mainland.
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A copy of the unofficial translation of the Turkish circular is at Annex (pdf format) . Details of the quota levels for individual groups and a conversion table between the group number and customs tariff position are at Appendix I and Appendix II of the Turkish circular respectively.
ENQUIRIES
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For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Mrs. Tracy Kwan/Mrs. Janet Tam at 3403 6352 or the undersigned at 2398 5427.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Carmen SHIU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note ：
- While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.