2 While all customs
duties on products covered by Turkeys GSP scheme have been suspended for the countries benefiting from the special incentive arrangements in line with the EC’s GSP
scheme, customs duties have been suspended or reduced in accordance with sensitivities of the products covered by the GSP for developing countries.
3. Depth of tariff cuts for GSP products
Preferences are differentiated according to the sensitivity of the products fully in harmony with the EC’s. It is sufficient to differentiate between two product categories, namely non-
sensitive and sensitive products. Tariff duties on non-sensitive products are entirely suspended, while duties on sensitive
products are subject to tariff reductions 3.5 points for ad valorem duties and 30 per cent for specific duties
. Finally, Turkey adopted the same tariff duties with the EC, neither higher nor lower, for GSP
products.
Turkey has reserved the right to suspend preferential treatment for GSP products under certain circumstances.
4. Graduation mechanism CountrySector
Turkey applied the graduation mechanism for the list concerned in line with the EC’s application see tables 3 and 4.
For Rules of Origin, please see Part 2 of this handbook.
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Table 1 A.
List of Turkeys GSP beneficiary countries and territories
Countries Sectors Excluded
United Arab Emirates Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla Netherlands Antilles
AQ Antarctica Argentina
American Samoa Aruba
Azerbaijan Barbados
Bahrain Bermuda
Brunei Darussalam Botswana
Brazil 4 ; 9
Bahamas Bouvet Island
Belarus Belize
Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands Congo
Côte dIvoire Cook Islands
Chile Cameroon
Peoples Republic of China 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11a; 11b; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 20
Cuba Christmas Islands
Dominica Dominican Republic
Algeria 5 Egypt
Fiji Falklands Islands
Federated States of Micronesia Gabon
Grenada Ghana
Gibraltar Greenland
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Guam
Guyana Heard and McDonald Islands
Indonesia 3; 9
India 11a; 14
British Indian Ocean Territory Iraq
