With the President’s Decision published in the Official Gazette published today, significant changes were made in customs tax rates and terms of application. With the “Decision on the Amendment of the Decision on the Implementation of Certain Articles of the Customs Law No. 4458”, the customs duty to be charged on goods coming from non-European Union countries was increased by another 10 points.
The decision, which does not change the single and fixed customs tax to be paid for the goods in question, will be subject to 18% tax if the goods come from the European Union countries. If the goods come from other countries, the specific tax rate to be paid has been increased from 20% to 30%. In addition, if the goods are in the list IV of the SCT law, an additional 20% tax will be charged in addition to these tax rates.
Changes in customs duty:
The said tax rates will be applied on goods whose value does not exceed 150 Euros and on pharmaceutical goods whose value does not exceed 150 Euros. However, the goods to be brought within these limits must not exceed 30 kilograms in gross. Books will be exempt from customs duty.
According to this, the fixed customs duty to be applied for personal use books or similar printed publications that come to real persons by mail and cargo and whose value does not exceed 1500 Euros and does not have a commercial amount or nature, will be 0. The fixed taxes determined above will be collected on the value of the goods that come to legal entities and whose value does not exceed 22 Euros.
Fixed taxes will be charged on goods with a value not exceeding 1,500 euros, excluding cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and food products, the value of which is 430 euros, and 150 euros for those under the age of 15.
Finally, tax exemption will be granted to goods brought for examination, analysis or testing for the purpose of obtaining information or for industrial or commercial research purposes, to determine their qualities or other technical characteristics. Motor vehicles to be put into free circulation within the scope of national defense and homeland security cannot be sold without collecting customs duties until 10 years have passed from the registration date of the declaration. After 10 years, there will be no customs duty on the sale of these vehicles.
You can reach the decision published in the Official Gazette here.
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