A preliminary comparison of the EU’s new quarterly country-specific tariff-rate quotas with the final quarterly allocations under the previous EU safeguard regime indicates that Türkiye faces lower quotas across most product categories, Kallanish notes.
Cold rolled sheets (category 2) is one of the few product groups where Türkiye’s quarterly quota has increased, rising 38% to 60,153 tonnes, from 43,512t under the previous safeguard system. An even larger increase was recorded for tin mill products (category 6), where the allocation almost doubled, climbing 92% to 14,279t from 7,429t.
The largest reduction was recorded for hot rolled sheets and strips (category 1A), where Türkiye’s quarterly allocation fell by almost 60% to 160,574t from 398,355t previously.
Significant reductions were also introduced for metallic coated sheets (category 4A), down 46% to 63,925t; merchant bars (category 12), down 43% to 60,496t; wire rod (category 16), down 38% to 61,147t; rebar (category 13), down 37% to 59,919t; and hollow sections (category 21), down 29% to 59,850t (see table for more details).
Türkiye has also obtained new product allocations in several categories, including electrical sheets (category 3A), metallic coated sheets (category 4B), quarto plates (category 7), stainless hot rolled sheets and strips (category 8), large welded tubes (category 25A), cold finished bars (category 27) and wire (category 28).
The new regime also allows eligible FTA partners such as Türkiye to compete for the additional FTA quota pool once their country-specific allocation is exhausted.
| Product category | Product | Q3 (New measures) |
Q2 (Old measures) |
% change |
| 1.A | HR sheets, strips | 160,574 | 398,355 | -60 |
| 2 | CR sheets | 60,153 | 43,512 | +38 |
| 3.A | Electrical sheets (other than GOES) | 9 | – | – |
| 4.A | Metallic coated sheets | 63,925 | 118,130 | -46 |
| 4.B | Metallic coated sheets | 26,020 | – | – |
| 5 | Organic coated sheets | 11,569 | 15,732 | -26 |
| 6 | Tin mill products | 14,279 | 7,429 | +92 |
| 7 | Quarto plates | 7,008 | – | – |
| 8 | Stainless HR sheets, trips | 3,432 | – | – |
| 9 | Stainless CR sheets, strips | 17,260 | 20,849 | -17 |
| 12 | Merchant bars, light section | 60,496 | 106,082 | -43 |
| 13 | Rebars | 59,919 | 94,493 | -37 |
| 16 | Wire rod | 61,147 | 98,153 | -38 |
| 17 | Angles, shapes, sections | 13,456 | 22,643 | -41 |
| 19 | Railway material | 1,280 | 1,558 | -18 |
| 20 | Gas pipes | 28,163 | 49,482 | -43 |
| 21 | Hollow sections | 59,850 | 84,033 | -29 |
| 25.A | Large welded tubes | 1,947 | – | – |
| 25.B | Large welded tubes | 10,936 | 14,947 | -27 |
| 26 | Other welded pipes | 22,453 | 38,117 | -41 |
| 27 | Cold finished bars | 7,045 | – | – |
| 28 | Wire | 24,235 | – | – |
*Preliminary comparison by Kallanish
Author: Elina Virchenko
