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Table 4. 13 NTM Types and NTM Affected Products, Turkey
Sector NTM Type Count Share % NTM affected product - count
Animal 1 type 7.7 26
Animal 2 types 18.8 63
Animal 3+ types 34.2 115
Animal No NTMs 39.3 132
Vegetable 1 type 30.7 108
Vegetable 2 types 17.1 60
Vegetable 3+ types 44.9 158
Vegetable No NTMs 7.4 26
Food Products 1 type 25.1 53
Food Products 2 types 37.9 80
Food Products 3+ types 24.2 51
Food Products No NTMs 12.8 27
Hides and Skins 1 type 11.6 8
Hides and Skins 2 types 46.4 32
Hides and Skins 3+ types 40.6 28
Hides and Skins No NTMs 1.5 1
Wood 1 type 11.1 26
Wood 2 types 1.3 3
Wood 3+ types 31.1 73
Wood No NTMs 56.6 133
Source: phytosanitary
Trade agreements and cooperation
Turkey is among the OIC countries that have submitted their updated list of concessions for the
Trade Preferential System within the OIC (TPS-OIC)
Turkey has FTAs currently “in force” with 8 OIC member countries. These are Palestine (since
2005), Tunisia (since 2005), Morocco (since 2006), Syria (since 2007), Egypt (since 2007),
Albania (since 2008), Jordan (since 2011) and Malaysia (since 2017). Other than the FTA with
Egypt, all the other agreements have been notified under the GATT Art. XXIV. These FTAs largely
cover agri-food and fish products, and agricultural raw materials are included only in the FTA
with Malaysia. The FTA with Palestine includes only the “date” (HS: 0804.10).
Turkey also has Partial Scope Agreements (PSAs) with Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, and Tunisia
under the Protocol on Trade Negotiations (PTN) since 1973 and with Iran and Pakistan under
the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) since 1992.
Turkey is also a member of the Mediterranean Agriculture Market Information Network (MED-
AMIN) launched in February 2014. Other OIC members are Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon,
Morocco, and Tunisia. The Non-OIC countries of MED-AMIN are France, Greece, Italy, Malta,
Portugal, and Spain.