Nike's notable decision regarding Turkey: Suspends online shopping

Nike has announced that it has decided to temporarily suspend online shopping due to new tax regulations imposed on products arriving in Turkey from abroad. 

The following statement was made by the company regarding the matter:

"We continue to examine the impact of recent changes in Turkish customs legislation on the shopping experience of our consumers in Turkey. 

During this process, as Nike, we unfortunately have to suspend online orders from Turkey for the time being, as we cannot guarantee that our consumers' orders will reach them smoothly and on time.

ABOUT THE CHANGES IN CUSTOMS LEGISLATION

The legislative change came after Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat stated that they were monitoring micro-imports from abroad, particularly from the Chinese company Temu.

Presidential Decrees were published in the Official Gazette. With the decision regarding the amendment of the decision on the implementation of certain articles of the Customs Law No. 4458, the flat tax rates for goods brought from abroad were changed.

The following statements were included in the decision on Customs Law No. 4458, which was published in the Official Gazette and bears the President's signature:

"The first paragraph of Article 62 of the Decision on the Implementation of Certain Articles of the Customs Law No. 4458, which was put into effect by the Council of Ministers Decision dated 29/9/2009 and numbered 2009/15481, has been amended as follows. A single and flat tax is collected on the value of goods arriving to a natural person via mail or express cargo transport that do not have a commercial quantity and nature, and whose value does not exceed 30 Euros, and medicine-type goods whose value does not exceed 1500 Euros; at a rate of 30 percent if they come directly from European Union countries, 60 percent if they come from other countries, and an additional 20 percent to the above rates if they are goods included in the list (IV) attached to the Special Consumption Tax Law No. 4760 dated 6/6/2002. The phrase "150" in subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph of Article 126 of the same Decision has been changed to "30"."

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