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The GITES (Turkey's Input Supply Strategy) 2013-15 Action Plan establishes 37 goals and 91 concrete actions. Some examples of the goals include: (...) developing a recycling industry.

Through representatives in the relevant bodies/institutions, activities carried out in the previous three months and activities planned for the upcoming three months are reported to the Ministry of Economy during the three-year period of the Action Plan. Regular as well as spontaneous meetings are held for coordination. The Input Supply Strategy has led to various policy results, including:
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- the formation and establishment of the National Recycling Strategy; (...)

Table 2.4 Overview of new FTAs, 2011-15
Trade agreement: Republic of Korea
Details: Other measures: Intellectual property, competition, trade and sustainable development
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Table 2.5 Overview of Turkey's investment incentive schemes
- Scheme: Priority Investment Incentive Scheme
- Overview: Applies to the following sectors, treated as Region VI regardless of where located: (...) energy efficiency in manufacturing (...)
- Main benefits: VAT exemption; customs duty exemption; income tax withholding support only for Region VI; tax deduction; social security premium support (employer's share); social security premium support (employee's share) only for Region VI; interest support for Regions III, IV, V or VI if part of the regional scheme; and land allocation.

(...) Depending on the type of zone, certain activities are not allowed such as refining, nuclear power generation, cement manufacturing, petrochemical complexes, and integrated sugar factories. Advantages for companies establishing in OIZs (Organized Industrial Zones) include VAT exemption for land acquisitions, 5-year exemption from real estate duties, low infrastructure costs, exemption from environmental taxes, and exemption from certain municipality taxes. (...)

Pest risk analyses (PRA) are conducted on the basis of the WTO and other related organizations' procedures. The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) programme on PRA and other documents are used for assessment, and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) standards are taken into consideration. If a plant and/or plant product is imported from any country for the first time, it is subject to the PRA process. After PRA assessment, the import requirements are determined for that commodity. In accordance with Article 13 of the Plant Quarantine Regulation, when plants, plant products and other substances that are intended to be imported are contaminated with any harmful organisms that are not present in the Annex-1 and Annex-2 lists and also with those that are not known to be present in Turkey, those products are not permitted for importation and a harmful risk analysis is carried out. Quarantine measures shall be taken until the harmful risk analysis is concluded, and if they are found to be posing a risk, they are not permitted for importation.

Since 2012, Customs' amendments to import procedures have largely related to issuing new procedures on release for free circulation of certain goods (namely: (...) ozone depleting substances; (...)

Table 3.5 Turkey's TRQs on industrial products, 2015
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2-digit Product description No. of tariff lines
(12-digit level) In-quota rate Out-of-quota rate Volume No. of countries covered by TRQs (Range)
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof 1 0 0 2.2 2.2 450,000 (pieces) All countries
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Since 2011, SCT (Special Consumption Tax) rates on most petroleum products have been increased, except for fuel oils, liquefied natural gas (LNG) not used as fuel oil in motor vehicles, and a few zero-rated items. Additionally, the SCT now also applies to (...) certain blended biodiesels (...)

Table 3.10 SCT (Special Consumption Tax) as applied to petroleum products, 2015
Product description Tax rate TL
Auto and fuel biodiesel 1.1209/litre
(...) certain blended biodiesel 2.2985/kg
Certain blended biodiesel 1.3007/kg
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