Based on Kallanish’s preliminary calculation, Türkiye has already fully exhausted its third-quarter EU tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for hot-rolled sheets and strips, and for category 4.A metallic coated sheets.
Hot-rolled sheets and strips (category 1.A) are already oversubscribed, with 229,564 tonnes awaiting allocation against a TRQ of 160,574t, resulting in an oversubscription of 68,990t, or 43%. Category 4.A metallic coated sheets have also exceeded their allocation, albeit by 6,414t, or 10%.
Other flat product categories remain considerably less utilised. Cold-rolled sheets (Category 2) still have 53,493t, or 89%, of their 60,153t allocation available. Category 4.B metallic coated sheets retain 8,693t, or 33%, of their 26,020t quota, while organic coated sheets (category 5) have 4,775t, or 41%, of their 11,569t allocation remaining. Tin mill products (category 6) are among the least utilised categories, with 13,178t, or 92%, of the 14,279t quota still available.
Among long products, utilisation levels vary. Merchant bars and light sections (category 12) are almost fully allocated, with only 790t, or 1%, of the 60,496t quota remaining. Wire rod (Category 16) has reached 88% utilisation, leaving 7,307t, or 12%, of the 61,147t allocation available. Angles, shapes and sections (category 17) stand at 90% utilisation, with 1,295t, or 10%, of the 13,456t quota remaining. Rebar (category 13), by contrast, remains only about half allocated, with 29,221t, or 49%, of the 59,919t quota still available.
Demand for pipe products also differs by category. Other welded pipes (Category 26) are close to full utilisation, with only 1,425t, or 6%, of the 22,453t quota remaining. By contrast, gas pipes (category 20) still have 9,405t, or 33%, of their 28,163t allocation available, while hollow sections (Category 21) retain 47,923t, or 80%, of the 59,850t quota.
Product groups which were assigned dedicated country-specific TRQs for Türkiye for the first time under the new measure have yet to see any utilisation. Electrical sheets (category 3.A), with a 9t quota, quarto plates (category 7) at 7,008t, stainless hot-rolled sheets and strips (category 8) at 3,432t, large welded tubes (Category 25.A) at 1,947t, and cold-finished bars (category 27) at 7,045t, all still have their full quotas available.
| Product category | Product | TRQ volume | Balance | Awaiting allocation | Avaliable TRQ | Available TRQ % |
| 1.A | HR sheets, strips | 160,574 | 160,574 | 229,564 | -68,990 | -43 |
| 2 | CR sheets | 60,153 | 60,153 | 6,660 | 53,493 | 89 |
| 3.A | Electrical sheets (other than GOES) | 9 | 9 | – | 9 | 100 |
| 4.A | Metallic coated sheets | 63,925 | 63,925 | 70,339 | -6,414 | -10 |
| 4.B | Metallic coated sheets | 26,020 | 26,020 | 17,327 | 8,693 | 33 |
| 5 | Organic coated sheets | 11,569 | 11,569 | 6,794 | 4,775 | 41 |
| 6 | Tin mill products | 14,279 | 14,279 | 1,100 | 13,178 | 92 |
| 7 | Quarto plates | 7,008 | 7,008 | – | 7,008 | 100 |
| 8 | Stainless HR sheets, trips | 3,432 | 3,432 | – | 3,432 | 100 |
| 9 | Stainless CR sheets, strips | 17,260 | 17,260 | 64 | 17,196 | 100 |
| 12 | Merchant bars, light section | 60,496 | 60,496 | 789 | 59,706 | 99 |
| 13 | Rebars | 59,919 | 59,919 | 30,698 | 29,221 | 49 |
| 16 | Wire rod | 61,147 | 61,147 | 7,307 | 53,841 | 88 |
| 17 | Angles, shapes, sections | 13,456 | 13,456 | 1,295 | 12,161 | 90 |
| 19 | Railway material | 1,280 | 1,280 | 20 | 1,260 | 98 |
| 20 | Gas pipes | 28,163 | 28,163 | 18,758 | 9,405 | 33 |
| 21 | Hollow sections | 59,850 | 59,850 | 11,927 | 47,923 | 80 |
| 25.A | Large welded tubes | 1,947 | 1,947 | – | 1,947 | 100 |
| 25.B | Large welded tubes | 10,936 | 10,936 | 1,246 | 9,689 | 89 |
| 26 | Other welded pipes | 22,453 | 22,453 | 21,028 | 1,425 | 6 |
| 27 | Cold finished bars | 7,045 | 7,045 | – | 7,045 | 100 |
| 28 | Wire | 24,235 | 24,235 | 415 | 23,821 | 98 |
*Preliminary calculation by Kallanish
Source: EU TARIC, as of 1 July. Complied by Kallanish
Author: Elina Virchenko
