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Tebliğ 2026/19 is one of 36 numbered "İthalatta Gözetim Uygulanmasına İlişkin Tebliğ" notifications (2026/1 through 2026/36) that the Ministry of Trade published in the same 4th-mükerrer gazette issue as part of the annual 2026 import-regime overhaul (see 2026-01-01-turkey-decree-10790-import-regime-2026, which describes the umbrella surveillance-regime component across 172 products/36 notifications). This entry files the lithium-battery-specific notification separately because it is a distinct, materially-scoped measure squarely inside IPTM's critical-minerals/battery-supply-chain remit, with its own reference-price mechanics and HS-line targeting.
The measure does not set a tariff or ban imports outright. Instead it uses a reference-price-triggered surveillance certificate — a classic Turkish anti-circumvention tool: imports priced above the USD 12–15/kg floor clear normally; imports priced below it require a gözetim belgesi, whose issuance requires the importer to file company, ownership, cost-structure and (for trader-importers) turnover data via the Gümrükler Tek Pencere Sistemi. This creates real administrative friction and a paper trail specifically for under-priced Chinese LFP cell/module imports, without Türkiye needing to open a formal anti-dumping investigation (which the CRSS/AD actions elsewhere in the register already do for steel and aluminium foil). GTA classifies this as a "Red" (harmful) import-licensing intervention; the reference-price design and precedent (Decree 10790's broader surveillance component historically converts a share of new surveillance lines into formal safeguard/AD action within 18-24 months) supports that classification.
Severity 2 (qualitative basis): narrow HS scope (2 tariff lines), no duty imposed yet, but it targets the fastest-growing segment of battery trade (grid-scale LFP storage + EV cells) at a moment when Türkiye is simultaneously building domestic LFP capacity (see 2025-09-14-oman-opaz-salalah-free-zone-lfp-battery-materials-plant and the BYD Manisa investment referenced in Decree 8639's exemptions) — this is import protection paired with an emerging domestic-industry policy, not an isolated customs formality.
design specifically targets low-cost Chinese cell/module pricing; expect Turkish LFP assemblers (domestic energy-storage integrators) to cite this measure as a template if they later petition for formal safeguard or AD action on batteries.
price floor face a 6-month-renewable certificate process requiring detailed cost/ownership disclosure; this raises compliance cost and creates a data-collection mechanism the Ministry can use to justify a future tariff action.
Decree 10790 (48% additional duties across 4,344 non-EU lines) and the 27 battery/lithium-cell HS codes given duty-free tariff-quota access through 1 February 2027: Türkiye is simultaneously easing bulk battery-material imports (tariff quota) while tightening scrutiny on underpriced finished LFP cells (this surveillance tebliğ) — a segmentation strategy favoring domestic pack assembly over imported finished cells.
anti-dumping investigation on Chinese LFP cells within the next 12-18 months, consistent with Türkiye's historical surveillance-to-AD conversion pattern?
below the USD 12-15/kg reference floor (i.e., how binding is the measure in practice)?
list) reflect EU-based repackaging of Chinese-origin cells, and does that change the measure's practical target?