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Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access

In the OIC Member Countries

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FIGURE 49: SIMPLE AVERAGE APPLIED MOST FAVORED NATION DUTIES FOR TURKEY AND THE

EUROPEAN UNION, 2011

Source:

World Tariff Profiles 2012 (WTO 2012).

Because of the Customs Union, Turkey’s average applied tariffs for non-agricultural goods

are equivalent to those of the EU. Primary agriculture remains outside of the Customs

Union, yet the EU and Turkey have largely identical tariff profiles for agriculture as well

(Figure 49)

, although tariff protection accounts for a larger share of protection in Turkey

than in the EU. Broadly speaking, the apparent differences in trade policies are largely due

to differences in applied rates for the horticulture, dairy, and livestock subsectors. More

specifically, tariff rates were much higher on average for dairy and animal products in

Turkey than in the EU. Smaller differences occur for horticultural goods, which both

Turkey and the EU produce. Finally, in contrast to the EU, Turkey has a significant tea

sector, which receives protection from imports.

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Turkey produced just under 5 percent of world production in 2011.