The Ministry of Trade ("Ministry") has announced, through the Communiqué on the Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports No. 2020/15, dated July 24, 2020 ("Communiqué"), the anti-dumping measures that expired in 2020 and will expire in the first half of 2021, unless an expiry review investigation is initiated. The Communiqué entered into force as of its publication date.

Accordingly, the anti-dumping measures implemented with the Communiqué No. 2015/11, dated May 10, 2015, concerning supported link chains or other welded link chains, originating from the People's Republic of China which had been put into effect in 2015, expired in 2020.

In addition, several ongoing anti-dumping measures, which had been put into effect in 2016, will expire as of the first half of 2021, unless an expiry review investigation is initiated. Information on these anti-dumping measures and the relevant Communiqués are listed below:

- Communiqué No. 2015/51, dated January 14, 2016, concerning polystyrene categorized as others, originating from the Arab Republic of Egypt, will expire as of January 14, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/2, dated February 12, 2016, concerning only certain room fan coil units originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of February 12, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/11, dated April 12, 2016, concerning sodium formate originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of April 12, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/7, dated April 17, 2016, concerning cotton (not carded or combed) originating from the United States of America, will expire as of April 17, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/10, dated April 17, 2016, concerning only glass cooker, pan, teapot lids originating from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia and Hong Kong, will expire as of April 17, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/13, dated April 20, 2016, concerning flanges, elbows, bends and others originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of April 20, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/18, dated May 24, 2016, concerning certain textiles or textile products from artificial or synthetic fibres originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of May 24, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/19, dated June 19, 2016, concerning transmission chains, components and others originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of June 19, 2021.

- Communiqué No. 2016/15, dated June 24, 2016, concerning painted plates not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes other than rectangular (including square) and others, originating from the People's Republic of China, will expire as of June 24, 2021.

The final anti-dumping measures will expire within five years following the enforcement date of the relevant measures or finalization date of last review investigation.

Local manufacturers of the relevant products, or real persons/legal entities who act on behalf of the domestic industry may apply for expiry review investigation by claiming that dumping and damage will continue or reoccur with the expiration of the relevant measure.

The written applications for expiry review investigation must be completed before the Ministry at least three months prior to the expiration date of the relevant measures with sufficient evidence. Expiry review investigation is initiated if the application is deemed valid (i.e. if there is sufficient evidence proving that dumping and damage will continue or reoccur with the expiration of the relevant measure).

The relevant measures will be applicable and in force until the completion of the expiry review investigation. In principle an investigation takes 1 year, but this period can be extended for another 6 months if deemed necessary.

This article was first published in Legal Insights Quarterly by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law in September 2020. A link to the full Legal Insight Quarterly may be found here

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