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On December 25, 2024, Türkiye unexpectedly increased the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on distilled spirits by 12.5 percent, excluding domestically produced raki.

On April 16, 2021, the Government of Turkey (GoT) removed the three percent anti-dumping duty on U.S. cotton.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional political and economic treaty organization comprised of the Arabian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

Turkey has removed the tariff increases imposed on US products in August 2018, halving the total additional tariffs imposed in 2018, effective immediately on May 21, 2019.

Update on Kuwait bans on U.S. food products.

Update on Kuwait bans on U.S. food products.

Turkey has delayed the implementation of a Product Verification Monitoring System (PVMS) for another one year.

Turkey’s new Law on Industry Property consolidates and updates existing decrees covering Geographical Indications (GIs).

Turkey has delayed the implementation of a Product Verification Monitoring System (PVMS) for another three months.

In January 2016, Turkey’s Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock added new categories to their genetic requirements which broadened the variety of genetics which can be imported to Turkey.

Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL) has not granted an extension to the United States to allow trade to flow during the continuation of negotiations on a new...

Turkey's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL) discontinued the requirement for importers to provide a certificate for biotech-free enzymes.