Mechanism
Tebliğ No. 2026/16 is the final determination of a sunset review (nihai gözden geçirme soruşturması, NGGS) initiated under the Turkish Regulation on the Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports (İthalatta Haksız Rekabetin Önlenmesi Hakkında Yönetmelik). The review investigated whether expiry of the anti-dumping measure would likely lead to continued or recurrent dumping of Chinese-origin un-backed aluminium foil sheets and strips.
Product scope: Rolled but not further worked aluminium foil sheets and strips of a thickness not exceeding 0.2 mm (excluding any backing), classified under HS tariff codes 7607.11 (rolled, not further worked) and 7607.19 (other). The "un-backed" qualifier is critical: backed foil (laminated with paper, plastics, etc.) is not covered.
Duty history:
- 2014: Original measure imposed via Tebliğ No. 2014/25 following an investigation initiated in December 2013 on petition by Assan Aluminum. Initial duty set at 22% of CIF value.
- 2019–2020: First sunset review (Tebliğ No. 2019/34) confirmed injury risk and extended the measure for a further five years.
- 2026: Second sunset review (this Tebliğ, No. 2026/16) again confirms likelihood of continued dumping and injury; duty maintained at 22% CIF for another five years to May 2031.
Domestic industry coalition: The petition was supported by four Turkish aluminium-foil producers — Assan Aluminum, Panda Aluminum, İspak Flexible Packaging, and Sinalı Packaging (in addition to Asaş Aluminum). Chinese exporters did not cooperate with the investigation.
Gazette context: Published alongside Tebliğ 2026/19 (anti-dumping extension on Chinese hoeing machines, HS 8432.29) and Tebliğ 2026/20 (coated synthetic leather from China), reflecting a single-gazette bundle of three China-targeted AD renewals.
Downstream implications
- Assan Aluminum (a subsidiary of Kibar Holding, one of Türkiye's largest industrial conglomerates) and the four supporting producers retain tariff protection against Chinese competition in the Turkish market for a further five-year cycle ending ~May 2031.
- Downstream packaging converters, EV battery-foil integrators, and electronics manufacturers in Türkiye continue to face a 22% CIF premium on Chinese-origin material — creating a cost incentive to source from domestic producers or duty-free partners.
- Structurally peers the EU Regulation 2024/1209 aluminum-conversion AD on Chinese converter foil and India DGTR's parallel aluminum foil AD cohort, confirming a multilateral defensive trade posture against Chinese excess capacity in non-ferrous rolled products.
- Türkiye's Import Regime Decree 10790 (already filed, 2026-01-01) and this measure together reinforce a layered trade-barrier architecture for aluminum inputs.
Open questions
- Whether Türkiye will consolidate its aluminium-product AD architecture (foil + downstream conversion) with a broader safeguard or review similar to the EU's ongoing CBAM aluminium-sector framework.
- Uptake of Chinese backed-aluminium foil imports (HS 7607.20) — not covered by this measure — as a potential circumvention channel.
- Whether domestic demand-side incentives for aluminium packaging under the OVP 2026–2028 medium-term programme (already filed) will be paired with additional AD filings covering backed foil or aluminium packaging laminates.