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Presidential Decree No. 11644, published in Official Gazette No. 33353 of 27 August 2026, amends two footnotes in List I annexed to the Import Regime Decree. The decree entered into force on its date of publication.

1) 0703.10.19.00.11 – Onions

The reduced customs duty period has been extended from 31 August 2026 to 31 January 2027 (inclusive). The rate remains 5%; Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Singapore and Kosovo continue to be excluded from the footnote, as goods originating in these countries are already subject to a 0% customs duty under preferential arrangements.

• The reduced rate applies without interruption; the list rate of 49.5% resumes on 1 February 2027.

2) 1206.00.91.00.19 and 1206.00.99.00.19 – Sunflower Seeds

The second period in which the 12% rate applies has been reset from 30 November–31 December to 1 October–31 December. The 1 January–15 June period is unchanged.

• The reduced period starts two months earlier. The customs duty will be 20% until 30 September and 12% from 1 October onwards.

Official Gazette No. 33347 of 21 August 2026 — Communiqué No. 2026/30

The Ministry of Trade has opened a partial interim review to assess whether the anti-dumping exemption granted to "Hitachi Air Conditioning Products (M) Sdn. Bhd." under Communiqué No. 2009/6 — for wall-type split air conditioners originating in or consigned from Malaysia — may apply to "Bosch Home Comfort Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.", the Bosch group company that acquired the exempted producer in August 2025.

Country of origin/consignment: Malaysia (the 25%-of-CIF duty on China-origin goods was extended to Malaysia by Communiqué 2009/6.)

No change to current application. The rate and product scope remain unchanged and the measure is not suspended. The exemption is company-specific; existing treatment continues until the review concludes.

Deadline for interested parties: 27 September 2026 (37 days from publication).

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Control of End-of-Life Tyres was published in the Official Gazette of 13 August 2026 (No. 33339) and entered into force on the date of publication.

Import

• The rule in Article 5(1)(ç) stating that the import of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) is prohibited has been removed. Import-related procedures are now to be carried out within the framework of the waste import provisions of the Waste Management Regulation.
• This is not, in itself, a liberalisation. Under Article 22 of the Waste Management Regulation, the entry of hazardous waste into the Turkish Customs Territory, including free zones, is prohibited, while certain non-hazardous waste may be imported subject to control. What governs customs practice is the Communiqué on Import Inspection of Waste Controlled for Environmental Protection (Product Safety and Inspection: 2026/3) and its annexes.
• Waste code 16 01 03, "end-of-life tyres", appears in Annex 2/A of that Communiqué, which lists waste whose import is prohibited; the only carve-out from that code is goods under HS code 4012.20.00.90.00. That code sits in Annex 1 (waste subject to conformity inspection) and may be imported only by manufacturers importing exclusively under an inward processing authorisation with an export commitment, holding a favourable opinion from the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, and presenting a document from the country of origin or dispatch certifying that the goods are casings. Used tyres for civil aircraft (4012.20.00.10.00) are listed in Annex 2/B as prohibited.
• Rubber powders, granules and other scrap (4004.00.00.00.13 and 4004.00.00.00.19) are in Annex 1 under their own conditions; these codes are carved out of code 19 12 04 in Annex 2/A.
• Accordingly, the amendment opens no new route for ELT imports; practice continues to be determined by the Communiqué's annexes, and no measure has changed at HS code level.
• In Article 26, the reference concerning retreadable casings under the inward processing regime has been updated from the former Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade to the Ministry of Trade.

Collection and transport

• A new subparagraph (k) in Article 5 establishes an authorisation-based collection system: undertakings carrying out ELT collection must obtain a collection authorisation from the Ministry, and authorised collectors must report collected volumes to the Ministry by the end of March each year. ELT recovery plants and pyrolysis plants processing ELTs may collect only for processing at their own facilities, and the annual volume collected may not exceed the facility's annual processing capacity.
• The definition of authorised carrier has changed: the contract is now concluded with the authorised collector rather than with the producer (Articles 4(1)(n) and 12(1)(a)).
• Article 14 removes the National Waste Transport Form (UATF) requirement and the reference to the Communiqué on Road Transport of Waste; transport operations are to be handled through the Ministry's online systems. Vehicle requirements (covered body or tarpaulin, warning signs at least 20 cm high, fire extinguishers) remain unchanged. The acceptance obligation of recovery plants has been aligned accordingly (Article 11(1)(b)), and records and declarations are to be submitted through the Ministry's online systems (Article 13(1)(d)).

Producer responsibility

• The fixed, graduated collection quotas (30% to 50%) in Article 17(2) have been removed; the applicable rates are to be set by the Ministry. Since representatives of foreign producers and importers also qualify as "tyre producers" under Article 4, this obligation applies to tyre importers as well.

Other

• The legal basis has been restated (Articles 8, 11 and 12 of Environmental Law No. 2872; Articles 97 and 103 of Presidential Decree No. 1; the Basel Convention).
• The definitions of disposal, recovery and authorised organisation now refer to the Waste Management Regulation, and the definition of environmental licence to the Environmental Permit and Licence Regulation.
• References to provincial directorates have been updated, and the provisions on temporary storage permits and inspection (Articles 21 and 23) restated accordingly. The permit exemption for ELT accumulation points at tyre repair shops, retreaders, retail outlets and vehicle service businesses is retained.