WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/STR/N/11/TUR 
15 December 2006 
 
 (06-6006) 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises Original:   English 
  
 
STATE TRADING 
 
New and Full Notification Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a)
 
of the GATT 1994 and Paragra ph 1 of the Understanding on  
the Interpretation of Article XVII  
 
TURKEY 
  
 The following communication, dated 11 December 2006, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Turkey.   
 
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I. ENUMERATION OF STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES 
TURKISH RED CRESCENT (TRCS) 
 
HS Code Description of Goods 
1211.90.95.00.14 Cinchona bark 
2827.60.00.30.00 Potassium iodide 
2939.21.90.00.00 Quinidine Arabogalatone Sulfate 
2939.21.90.00.00 Quinidine  Sulfate 
2939.29.90.00.11 Quinidine Phenyethyi Barbiturate 
3004.39.10.00.00 Primakin Di Fosfat 
2939.21.00.00.11 Meflokinin Hidroklorid 
 
 
II. REASON AND PURPOSE FOR INTRODUCING AND MAINTAINING STATE 
TRADING ENTERPRISES 
TURKISH RED CRESCENT 
 1. The purpose of the exclusive rights granted to the TRCS to import certain goods listed in 
section I.B is to enable the institution to fight against the diseases Malaria and Sphylis. 
2. TRCS which is a voluntary, non-profit aid organization in the field of health has exclusive 
rights to import cinchona bark, potassium iodide , alkaloids of cinchona and their derivations, 
quinidine, klorikin and primakin into Turkey (the Law No. 2767 on the Drugs for Malaria and Syphilis-put into force in 1935). G/STR/N/11/TUR 
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  III. DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES  
TURKISH RED CRESCENT (TRCS) 
 - TRCS is a voluntary aid organization which has been performing for 130 years.  Its activities 
are subjected to the commercial provisions of private law.  TRCS carries out certain 
humanitarian and health missions during ordinary or extraordinary times.  
 - TRCS has no further privileges other than those cited in Section II. 
 
- The volume of importation is determined according to the domestic needs. 
 
- The domestic sale prices of imported goods are determined by TRCS as the sum of cost price 
and a reasonable amount of profit. 
  IV. STATISTICAL INFORMATION 
3. See attached tables. 
 
  
   G/STR/N/11/TUR
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Total quantity imported  
Total quantity imported by state 
trading enterprise   
Average imported price (FOB)  
Average representative domestic sales  
Description of  
products (including 
HS numbers) 
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 
1211.90.95.00.14 
Cinchona bark  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- 
2827.60.00.30.00 
Potasyum iyodur  
30.000 Kg  
-  
-  
30.000 Kg  
-  
-  
20 
USD/Kg  
-  
-  
23 
USD/Kg  
-  
- 
2939.21.90.00.00 Quinidine 
Arabogalatone Sulfate 
230 Kg  
-  
-  
230 Kg  
-  
-  
1930 
F.FRANG/Kg  
-  
-  
2220 
F.FRANG  
-  
- 
2939.2190.00.00 Quinidine Sulfate  
- 250 Kg 
100 Kg 
59,3Kg  
-  
- 250 Kg 
100 Kg 
59,3Kg  
-  
- 140 USD/Kg 
235 DM/Kg 
280 EURO  
-  
- 161 USD  
270 DM 
322 EURO  
- 
2939.29.00.00.11 Quinidine Phenyethyi 
Barbiturate  
-  
- 
  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- 
30 04 39 10 00 00 Primakin Di Fosfat 1.000.000 
  500.000 
 1.000.000 
  500.000 
 0.065 USD  0.070 USD 0.070 USD  0.075 
USD 
30 04 39 10 00 00 Klorikin Di Fosfat 2.000.000 
 4.000.000 
  2.000.000 
 4.000.000 
  0.036 USD 0.013 USD  0.040 USD 0.015 USD   
  G/STR/N/11/TUR 
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RED CRESCENT SOCIETY (TÜRK İYE KIZILAY DERNE Ğİ) 
 
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
     
 
    
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Total quantity imported  
Total quantity imported by 
state trading enterprise  
Average imported price(FOB)  
Average representative domestic sales  
Description of  
products 
(including HS 
numbers) 
2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 
1211.90.95.00.14 
Cinchona bark  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- 
2827.60.00.30.00 
Potasyum iyodur  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- 
2939.21.90.00.00 Quinidine 
Arabogalatone 
Sulfate  
188 Kg  
-  
-  
188 Kg  
-  
-  
297 
EURO/Kg  
-  
-  
340 EURO/Kg  
-  
- 
2939.21.90.00.00 
Quinidine Sulfate  
100 Kg  
250 Kg 
  
-  
100 Kg  
250 Kg 
  
-  
105 
USD/Kg  
74 USD/Kg  
-  
120 USD/Kg  
85 USD/Kg  
- 
2939.29.00.00.11 
Quinidine 
Phenyethyi 
Barbiturate  
-  
- 
  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- 
3004.39.10.00.00 
Primakin Di 
Fosfat  
- 
  
500.000 
  
-  
-  
500.000 
  
-  
       -  
   0,023 
  USD/Kg  
        -  
        -  
     0.030 
     USD/Kg    
  
    - 
2939.21.00.00.11 Meflokinin 
Hidroklorid  
-  
-  
 10.000 
  
-  
-  
10.000 
  
       -  
         -  
 5.50 USD  
        -  
        -  
 9 USD