Within the scope of the new step taken, customs tax will be imposed on items brought with passengers or by cargo via TRNC. will be taken.
According to the decision published in the Official Gazette, single and fixed taxes will now be collected from goods brought from TRNC at the rates applied to goods brought from European Union countries. Before this, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat His statement about the new customs decision made a splash. The international fast cargo shopping limit was reduced from 150 euros to 30 euros in recent months. Last week, another very important step was taken. According to the news on NTV Shipping costs will soon be included in the price of products ordered from abroad. If the total price exceeds 30 euros, customs consultancy services will be required to follow up customs procedures. For example, the total cost of a product purchased from abroad for 29 euros through an e-commerce site becomes 31 euros, including the 2 euro shipping fee to be paid for it to arrive in Turkey. Thus, since the price of the product exceeds the 30 euro shopping limit with the new regulation, it is subject to customs consultancy service. The decision will come into force after 30 days. Activities regarding all customs procedures, including customs declaration, for goods that come for personal use with a gross weight of 30 kilograms and a value between 30-1500 euros, and are not of a commercial quantity or nature, must be followed and finalized.
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Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat made a statement on this issue: As part of his interview with NTV“Our aim is to protect the domestic producer, we expect understanding from the consumer.” he said and added: “We saw the negative effects of Far Eastern companies benefiting from the fast shipping regulation, and upon intense complaints from tradesmen, SMEs and relevant professional organizations, we reduced the cargo limit from 150 euros to 30. Seeing the attempt to avoid this additional tax by subtracting the cargo from the price and showing the price as low and the cargo as high, “We made a decision and put into effect the mechanism where the shipping fee is included in the price.”
With the decision published in the Official Gazette, products brought from TRNC were treated as products brought from the EU and were included in the scope of tax. pic.twitter.com/SSTzb2GpS7
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