Turkey makes final ruling on sunset review of safeguard measures on Iranian float glass

       On May 16, 2025, the Turkish Ministry of Trade issued Announcement No. 2025/3, making the final ruling on the third sunset review of safeguard measures imposed on float glass originating from Iran. It recommended continuing to impose a three-year safeguard measure tax on the involved products (calculated from the temporary safeguard measures), as follows: from December 12, 2024 to December 11, 2025, the tax rate is $36 per ton; from December 12, 2025 to December 11, 2026, it is $35 per ton; from December 12, 2026 to December 11, 2027, it is $34 per ton. The implementation of the measures shall be subject to the relevant taxation order issued by the Turkish President. The Turkish tariff codes of the involved products are 70.04, 70.05 and 70.06.

       On June 18, 2014, Turkey initiated a safeguard measure investigation into float glass originating from Iran. On August 28, 2015, Turkey made a positive final ruling on this case and began to impose a three-year safeguard measure tax on the involved products. Subsequently, Turkey conducted two sunset reviews, making positive final rulings on both occasions on December 11, 2018 and November 20, 2021. On December 7, 2024, Turkey initiated a third sunset review of the safeguard measures for Iranian float glass (refer to the 2024/10 announcement); at the same time, it proposed to impose a temporary safeguard measure tax of $36 per ton on the involved products for a period of 200 days starting from December 12, 2024.