United Arab Emirates to Türkiye
Checked 2026-09-22
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UAE gold moving to Turkey, where it must enter through Borsa Istanbul members under Turkey's monthly quota (tr module). The UAE-Turkiye CEPA has been in force since 1 Sep 2023. It matters because Turkey levies a 20% additional duty on gold (an 'additional financial obligation' from August 2023, renamed additional customs duty from 1 Feb 2026) on imports from countries outside the EU and without an FTA; FTA-origin goods are exempt only on proof of preferential origin. Whether HS 7108 is in Turkey's CEPA concessions, and so whether UAE-origin gold escapes the 20%, was not verified. Flows are large both ways and the mirror figures diverge.
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UAE reports 80 t more exports to Turkey in 2023 than Turkey reports importing from the UAE; Turkey may attribute part to origin rather than dispatch.
Figures: AE 226.5 t vs TR 146.4 t (2023)
UnverifiedResearcher's note: Inference by the pair researcher from the mirror figures; not stated by either statistics office.
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