Additional customs tax will be applied at the rate of 5 percent to 50 percent in the import of some industrial products and items such as video console, carnival goods, golf clubs. Customs duties on some iron and steel products will be temporarily increased for 3 months.
According to the President's decisions published in the Official Gazette, rubber threads, glues, plastic plates / sheets, screws of iron or steel, plastic and metal buttons, some welding wires, paper cutting machines, air curtains, transformers, rectifiers, audio signal devices, uninterrupted power sources, speakers, relays, multimeters, clocks, stopwatches, lighting devices, parts and components, hydraulic presses, video consoles, festive and carnival items, circus items, snaps and their parts, golf clubs and outdoor games. Additional customs tax rates range from 5 percent to 50 percent, depending on the products.
On the other hand, additional customs duties on imports of textile and apparel products from developing countries will be raised to the level of other countries.
Custom armor to iron steel
With another decision, customs duties on iron and steel products such as slab and billet, flat rolled products, alloy products, profiles and stainless sheet have been temporarily increased by 5 points to be applied until July 15, 2020. This increase will be applied as 2 points in direct imports of facilities producing cold rolled sheet from hot rolled sheet and welded pipe from hot rolled sheet, and white goods manufacturers.
Contract to 112's call center
In the meantime, with the decision of another President, 'Call Meeting Personnel' was added to the contracted personnel position titles. 'Graduating from secondary education institutions to be call reception personnel in 112 Emergency Call Center' was determined as the minimum qualification for this position.
Sunflower import made easy
In another President's decision published in the Official Gazette, in order to ensure supply security and price stability in basic foods, a customs tax was made to apply sunflower oil and seed imports until the harvest period. Accordingly, before the harvest, until June 1, 2020, the customs tax, which is 30 percent in crude sunflower oil, will be applied as 18 percent and 13 percent in oilseed sunflower seed will be applied as 9 percent.