Turkey’s Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement with Qatar, signed in November 2018, will officially take effect on August 1, 2025, the Turkish Trade Ministry announced.
The deal aims to boost mutual investments, streamline business processes, and prioritize projects that support production and employment. It will also remove customs duties on a wide range of goods and establish technical and commercial regulations to facilitate trade.
Under the agreement, several Qatari steel products will gain duty-free access to the Turkish market. These include hot-rolled flat steel sheets and coils (HS Code: 7208), galvanized and cold-rolled flat products (HS Code: 7210), alloy steel bars, profiles, sheets, and coils (HS Codes: 7213, 7217, 7220, 7223), stainless steel products (HS Codes: 7225, 7226), structural steel profiles, ferrous fasteners, pipe fittings (HS Codes: 7304, 7306, 7307, 7308), steel chains, wire products, and wire mesh (HS Codes: 7312, 7313, 7314), as well as screws, nuts, and other steel components (HS Code: 7317) and other cast iron or steel parts (HS Code: 7325).
Some items, such as rebar with diameters of 10 mm or less, black and galvanized pipes/profiles, and spiral welded pipes, will receive reduced duties rather than full exemptions, according to market sources.
The agreement also prohibits third-party exports from Qatar to Turkey, with strict monitoring in place to prevent origin misrepresentation.
The ministry stated that the deal aims to raise bilateral trade with Qatar from the current USD 1.1 bln to as much as USD 5 bln in the medium term. In 2024, trade between the two countries stood at USD 1.1 bln, with Turkey posting a surplus of USD 328 mln.
