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TürkiyeProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Coffee, tea, mate and spices – Türkiye

Official title

Import Requirements For Specific Plant Products

Türkiye notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 1 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Anet seeds (Anethum graveolens) and Cilantro seeds (Coriandrum sativum)

HS codes
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 0909 Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries
    • 091099 Spices (excl. pepper of the genus Piper, fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove 'wholefruit'…
Notifying member
Türkiye
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 1 May 2026. Check WTO ePing or Türkiye for its current status.
Objectives
  • Plant protection
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/TUR/160
Keywords
Plant health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/TUR/160; it forwards comments to Türkiye.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

According to our national regulations, the products with the HS codes given in item 3 need to accompany the Phytosanitary Certificate which was prepared by the NPPO of the exporter country as of 1 July 2026 and will be subjected to phytosanitary controls along entering Türkiye. While entering Türkiye: Lack of Phytosanitary Certificates which were regulated for the mentioned products; Inappropriate results of the phytosanitary controls. In these cases, the products will be returned or destroyed.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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