TURKEY

SUBSIDY PROGRAMS AIMED AT INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
Last Changes Made November 2006


Effective February 15, 2000, Import Administration began publishing "Decision Memos" to reduce the size of antidumping and countervailing duty Federal Register notices. In cases in which a decision memo was published, you will find a link to the memo listed below.

In addition, in the following programs, in instances below in which a proceeding was a Sunset Review, you will see the letters SR after the product name.


COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS

The subsidy programs listed below have been investigated by the Department and have been found to be "countervailable" based on the criteria established in the Tariff and Trade Act of 1930, as amended. Please refer to this Act for further detail of the criteria applied. In addition, you may click on the cases listed under the subsidy program title for a full explanation of the Department's analysis in each case where the subsidy program has been examined.

Pasta Export Grants [E]

Pasta (SR) (Expedited Review-no prelim);   66 FR 51019 (10/05/01-final);   Final Memo
Pasta (2004) 71 FR 33439 (6/9/06-final);   71 FR 52774 (9/7/06-final) not used
Pasta (1999) 66 FR 41553 (8/8/01-prelim);   66 FR 64398 (12/13/01-final);   Final Memo not used
Pasta (1994) 60 FR 53749 (10/17/95-prelim);   61 FR 30367 (6/14/96-final)

In 1994, the Central Bank of Turkey provided cash grants and government promissory notes or bonds to exporters of pasta.

Resource Utilization Support Fund Rebates (RUSF)

Pasta (1994) 60 FR 53750 (10/17/95-prelim);   61 FR 30372 (6/14/96-final)

In addition to direct payments of four percent on exports and partial reimbursement for investments in excess of 600 million Turkish Lira, RUSF provides investment credit rebates to banks loaning money to certificate holders at prescribed rates of interest.


SUBSIDY PROGRAMS FOUND TO BE NOT COUNTERVAILABLE

The subsidy programs listed below have been investigated by the Department and have been found to be "not countervailable" based on the criteria established in the Tariff and Trade Act of 1930, as amended. Please refer to his Act for further detail of the criteria applied. In addition, you may click on the cases listed under the subsidy program title for a full explanation of the Department's analysis in each case where the subsidy program has been examined.

Purchase of Domestic Wheat from the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) under Decree 98/11033

Pasta (2004) 71 FR 33439 (6/9/06-final);   71 FR 52774 (9/7/06-final)
Pasta (1999) 66 FR 41553 (8/8/01-prelim);   66 FR 64398 (12/13/01-final);   Final Memo

Companies holding an Inward Processing License may obtain cheaper wheat by either importing it under a duty- drawback program or by purchasing Turkish wheat from the TMO under Decree 98/11033 at prices below normal domestic prices. The price of wheat purchased under this decree is at or above the price generated in international tender auctions held by the TMO to sell Turkish wheat to foreign buyers, i.e., a world market price. Companies using Inward Processing Licenses must export the finished product regardless of whether they import wheat under the duty drawback program or buy it from the TMO under Decree 98/11033. On this basis, we determine that the provision of wheat under Decree 98/11033 is not countervailable.

Wheat Imports Under Inward Processing Licenses

Pasta (1999) 66 FR 41553 (8/8/01-prelim);   66 FR 64398 (12/13/01-final);   Final Memo

Turkish companies holding an Inward Processing License may import wheat duty-free under a duty drawback program provided that they export the finished product. We determined that there was not excessive remissions of the import duty, and this program, therefore, is not countervailable.


SUBSIDY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TERMINATED

The subsidy programs listed below have been investigated by the Department and have been found to have been terminated based on the criteria established in the Tariff and Trade Act of 1930, as amended. Please refer to this Act for further detail of the criteria applied. In addition, you may click on the cases listed under the subsidy program title for a full explanation of the Department's analysis in each case where the subsidy program has been examined.

Free Wheat Program [E]

Pasta (SR) (Expedited Review-no prelim);   66 FR 51019 (10/05/01-final);   Final Memo
Pasta (1999) 66 FR 41553 (8/8/01-prelim);   66 FR 64398 (12/13/01-final);   Final Memo not used
Pasta (1994) 60 FR 53750 (10/17/95-prelim);   61 FR 30368 (6/14/96-final)

The program, established by decree 93/4534, provides free wheat to companies that agree to export flour, pasta, semolina, or biscuits.

Support and Price Stabilization Fund (SPSF)

Pasta (1994) 60 FR 53750 (10/17/95-prelim);   61 FR 30372 (6/14/96-final)

The SPSF was established in 1980 and was regulated by the Money and Credit Council. SPSF subsidy payments went to subsidize agriculture exports, to help finance sales promotion, export-oriented investments, and export insurance schemes. The Official Gazette, dated August 20, 1991, revealed the termination of SPSF effective February 1, 1992.


SUBSIDY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED

When potential subsidy programs are investigated and found not to be used by the companies being investigated, the Department makes no determination as to their countervailability. If you click on cases listed under the subsidy program title, you will be linked to each case in which the subsidy program was referenced.

Direct Payments of Exporters of Wheat Products to Compensate for High Domestic Input Prices

Pasta (2004) 71 FR 33439 (6/9/06-final);   71 FR 52774 (9/7/06-final) not used
Pasta (1999) 66 FR 41553 (8/8/01-prelim);   66 FR 64398 (12/13/01-final);   Final Memo not used
Pasta (1994) 60 FR 53750 (10/17/95-prelim);   61 FR 30372 (6/14/96-final) not used

Exporters of wheat, wheat flour, macaroni, and semolina are paid the difference between the domestic and world market price of wheat based on the estimated value of wheat in the price of the product.


SUBSIDY PROGRAMS DETERMINED NOT TO EXIST

The following subsidy programs were alleged by the petitioning industries and were investigated by the Department. However, during the investigation we found no evidence that such programs actually existed. If you click on the cases listed under the subsidy program title, you will be linked to each case in which the subsidy program was referenced. It is possible that, while the program named did not exist, a similar program having a different name actually was investigated. If this is the case, you will find that program listed elsewhere in this library.

No programs listed.