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THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY
USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT
POLICY
-
Date:
GAIN Report Number:
Post:
Report Categories:
Approved By:
Prepared By:
Report Highlights:
This report includes basic trade data and detailed information on Turkey’s import specifications for live
animals and animal products.
Sinem Duyum
Kimberly Sawatzki
Livestock and Products
Live Animals and Animal Products Trade
Ankara
Turkey
TR5040
8/5/2015
Public Voluntary
General Information:
Live Animals and Animal Products Trade
For many years, Turkey banned all meat, beef, poultry and slaughter and feeder cattle imports.
However, since 2010, Turkey has occasionally and temporarily opened the market for meat, feeder and
slaughter cattle.
In January 2014, the United States and Turkey signed a new protocol to permit the import of live female
breeding cattle from the United States and there is also a protocol from November 2009 for the import
of live breeding bulls. A certificate for feeder cattle was finalized in March 2012. In November 2014,
the United States and Turkey signed a new protocol to permit the import of in vivo derived bovine
embryos from the United States to Turkey. Boneless meat imports face prohibitively high import
tariffs.
Most imports of live animals and animal products require a “Control Certificate”, which is an import
license that states whether or not the product is eligible for import. The HS CODES of commodities
which require Control Certificate prior to import can be found in the GAIN report “FAIRS Country
Report”, most recently published in February 2015.
This report includes basic trade data and detailed information on Turkey’s import specifications for live
animals.
Turkey’s Live Animal Trade in 2014
Type of Animal Export
(Dollars)
Import
(Dollars)
Live bovine animals (ex. equidae, mules, donkeys and
hinnies) 1,990,722 110,332,729
Live ovine, caprine animals 2,075,665 3,744,798
Live Poultry 19,570,282 18,104,972
Other live animals 2,850,737 3,202,037
Live equidae, mules, donkeys and hinnies 232,884 4,506,155
Live fish animals 2,960,240 15,733,220
Crustaceans 5,414,511 9,082,009
Live Bivalve Molluscs 24,609,929 14,728,388
TOTAL 59,704,970 179,434,308
Source: TUIK
Turkey’s Live Cattle Imports by Head from 2012-2014
Partner Country Quantity
2012 2013 2014
Austria 17,387 10,643 11,288
Hungary 105,866 44,754 9,898
United States 22,845 15,393 8,587
Germany 0 60 6,371
Slovakia 9,365 2,037 4,679
Czech Republic 13,348 5,127 5,277
Latvia 3,254 2,730 1,577
Estonia 3,577 1,631 1,308
Lithuania 7,857 2,232 389
Italy 0 0 389
Netherlands 0 0 100
Australia 37,723 25,459 0
Mexico 32,376 2,987 0
Sweden 202 0 0
Uruguay 48,075 45,409 0
France 74,417 1,690 0
Brazil 25,070 22,169 0
Greece 5,414 1,593 209
Turkish Animal Products Trade in 2014
Animal Products Export
(Dollars)
Import
(Dollars)
Beef (fresh/chilled) 291,272 5,257,707
Beef (frozen) 153,802 0
Sheep and Goat Meat (fresh/chilled or frozen) 53,076 0
Poultry meat (Fresh/ chilled or frozen) 651,037,360 1,118,921
Other meat and Offal 2,795,040 0
Meat and edible offal (salted, in brine, dried or smoked) 1,745,454 0
Milk and Cream (non-concentrated) 26,778,590 2,428,007
Milk, Cream (concentrated) 58,744,968 456,796
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kefir and other
fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not 6,105,563 3,064,456
concentrated.
Other products including whey and milk ingredients 45,091,072 3,128,039
Butter, including dehydrated butter and ghee, and other fats and
oils derived from milk; dairy spreads 2,825,256 99,891,801
Cheese and curd 172,217,300 45,745,943
Honey 18,919,192 67,982
Eggs 401,829,491 37,014,358
Eggs without shell 119,357 444,344
Raw Hides and Skins- Cattle 173,01 42,127,300
Raw Hides and Skins- Sheep and Lambs 2,947,691 184,291,079
Wools 379,78 5,646,543
Silk; Raw 301 2,291,283
TOTAL 1,333,462,607 432,964,559
Source: TUIK
Turkish Custom Duties of Live Animals and Animal Products Imports
01.01.2010 2011 2012 01.01.2013 2014
Beef 225% 30%-Jan.
45%-March
60%-May
75%-July
100%-
Oct.
100% (carcass)
225%
(boneless)
100% (carcass)
225%
(boneless)
Live Cattle 135% 30%-Jan.
30%-July
15%-
Jan.
30%-
July
40%-
Oct.
0%-for breeding
135%-for
slaughtering
40%-for
slaughtering up to
400 kg.
0%-for breeding
135%-for
slaughtering
40%-for
slaughtering up to
400 kg.
Lamb Meat 225% 30% 30%-
Jan.
100%-
Oct.
100% 100%
Live
Lamb/Sheep
135% 20% 20%-
Jan.
30%-
July
40%-
Oct.
0%-for breeding
40%-for breeding
aged 1 year or less
0%-for breeding
40%-for breeding
aged 1 year or less
Genetic Materials
Compared to the EU and the other countries, Turkey has lower efficiency levels therefore remains
dependent on foreign sources for genetic materials for the production of main breeds.
Turkey is an important buyer of genetic materials, especially for cattle and poultry. Turkey is the
world’s 12th
largest importer of bull semen and imported 4 million doses worth $10.5 million of frozen
bull semen in 2014. Turkey imported 500,000 doses of semen from mainly Germany, Canada, and the
United States Turkey’s only exports of bull semen are destined to the “Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus.”
The related legislation published by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock (MinFAL) on
genetic materials importation are:
Communique on Import Checks of the products subjected to control of the Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Livestock (Communique on Product Safety and Control, 2015/5)
The Communique on the principles of taking sample from frozen semen (2013/63)
The instruction on principles and requirements for the importation of semen, ova and embryo.
Live Animals
Since 2010, following the initiation of new animal import legislation, Turkey has imported 2.6 million
head of live animals (cattle and sheep for slaughter) worth $1.3 billion. The leading imported goods are
cattle, sheep, and day-old chicks/ hatching eggs.
Turkey has been importing breeding cattle animals for years and the total breeding cattle import
quantity reached a record of 80,000 head worth $293 million in 2011, but dropped to 23,676 head worth
$72 million in 2014. Turkey imported 66 percent of its breeding cattle (52,000 head) from the United
States and 19 percent (15,000 head) from Austria.
The value of breeding poultry importation including hatching eggs in 2011 was $34 million while it was
$20 million in 2014. Breeding poultry materials are mainly supplied from EU countries. The value of
breeding material exportation was nearly $20 million in 2014. Exportation was mainly to Iraq, Israel,
Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
Technical specifications for the importation of breeding cattle
1. The countries authorized to export live breeding cattle to Turkey include the United States,
Australia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Austria, Slovakia, Sweden, the Czech
Republic, Greece (except the regions of Lesvos/ Midillli, Samos, Rhodos, Chios, Kos, Ikaria,
Dodekanisa, Kalymnos, Halki Islands, Peloponnese, East Macedonia and Thrace), Germany,
Netherlands, Italy (except the regions of Lazio, Toscana, Sicilia, Liguria, Calabria, Campania,
Umbria Abruzzu, Molise, Basilicata and Sardinia Island) as published on the website of the
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey (MinFAL):
http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Konular/Veteriner-Hizmetleri/Ihracat-Ithalat/Ithalat . The authorized
countries might change according to the MinFAL concerns based on OIE (World Organization