INVESTIGATION PROGRESS

Date Status
21 Jun 2014 Initiation

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

National

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

No

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Inception date: No inception date

Safeguard

On June 21, 2014, the Turkish authorities initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of printing, writing and copying papers.
The products subject to investigation are classified under the following HS codes: 4802.5515, 4802.5525, 4802.5530, 4802.5590, 4802.5620, 4802.5680, 4802.5700, 4802.5810 and 4802.5890.
This follows the application lodged by the domestic industry.
According to the UN Comtrade Database, in 2013 the following countries exported goods classified under HS code subheadings 4802.55, 4802.56, 4802.57 and 4802.58 to Turkey with a trade value over USD 1 million: Germany, United States of America, Indonesia, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Canada, China, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Thailand, Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Austria, India, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
 
On 28 August 2015, the Turkish authorities terminated the above investigation without the imposition of duties (Communiqué No. 2015/5).

AFFECTED COUNTRIES

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

321 Pulp, paper & paperboard
4802 Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non perforated punch cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 48.01 or 48.03
480255 Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in rolls
480256 Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state
480257 Other, weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m²
480258 Weighing more than 150 g/m²

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