WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/STR/N/13/TUR 
21 June 2010 
 (10-3372) 
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 Paragraph 1 of  the Understanding on  
the Interpretation of Article XVII  
 
TURKEY 
   The following communication, dated 15 June 2010,  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 
 2827.60.00.30.00 Potassium iodide 
 2939.20.00.10.19 Cinchona bark 
 2939.20.00.90.19 Primaquin Di Phospate 
 2939.20.00.90.19 Quinidine Arabogalatone Sulfate 
 2939.20.00.90.19 Quinidine  Sulfate 
 2939.20.00.90.19 Quinidine Phenyethyi Barbiturate 
 2939.20.00.90.19 Quinidine HCL 
 2939.20.00.90.19 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 Syphilis. 
  
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/13/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 provi sions of private law.  TRCS carries out 
certain humanitarian and health missions dur ing 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  
 See attached table. 
   
   G/STR/N/13/TUR
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   TURKISH RED CRESCENT 
     
          
Total Quantity Imported Av erage Imported Price (FOB) 
(Unit Price) Average Representative Domestic Sales 
(Unit Price) Description of Products 
(including HS Numbers) 
2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 
Potassium Iodide                         
(HS 2827.60.00.30.00) 14,154.24 kg   $10.48   $13.00   
Cinchona Bark                         
(HS 2939.20.00.10.19)          
Primaquin Di Phospate              
(HS 2939.20.00.90.19)  30,000 pieces   $0.06   $0.07  
Quindine Arabogalatone Sulfate    
(HS 2939.20.00.90.19)          
Quindine Sulfate                         (HS 2939.20.00.90.19)  3,500 pieces   $4.91   $5.98  
Quindine Phenyethyi Babiturate    
(HS 2939.20.00.90.19)          
Quindine HCL                             
(HS 2939.20.00.90.19)          
Mefloquindine Hidroklorid         (HS 2939.20.00.90.19)   2,000 mgr   $5.00   $5.00 
 
 
 
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