Shaking up Turkey's auto sector

Article Abstract:

Turkey's entry into the Customs Union may prove to be both a boon and a bane for its auto sector. Commercial analysts in Ankara report that the country's auto and auto parts industries are in the process of being integrated into the European market and will be fully transformed by the year 2000. However, the small, family-owned firms will have difficulty surviving and may even virtually disappear from the market. The firms that will survive are those in joint venture with international giants such as Toyota, Renault and Opel.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Motor Vehicles, Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Evaluation, Automobile industry, Customs unions, International economic integration, Economic integration

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Import and export rules

Article Abstract:

Turkey has eased tariffs and import restrictions in order to facilitate customs union with the EC in 1995 and as a result of its membership in GATT in 1985. The main actor in these activities has been the Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade (UTFT). Areas that have been liberalized include the permission process for imports, tariff structure reform, shipping documentation and export laws. Import licences can be applied for at the office of the UTFT, and foreign exchange transfer permits come from the Central Bank.

Laws, regulations and rules, International trade regulation

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The U.S. defense market: how Turkish firms can use DOD programs to boost sales

Article Abstract:

Turkish defense goods have few sales to the Defense Department (DOD) due to lack of awareness of provisions of the US-Turkey Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Mar 29, 1980. The MOU exempts Turkish goods from the Buy American Act. The Agreement on Government Procurement, enforced through the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 also limits Turkish business, but recent DOD initiatives such as the International Turkish Mentor-Protege Program are designed to aid Turkish firms gain access to the US market.

Economic policy, Defense industry, United States. Department of Defense

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