Importing coconut charcoal to Turkey

What buyers in this market order

This comes from our own order book — the recurring accounts we ship to in this market. It describes what those buyers reorder, not the full range we produce.

Buyers in Turkey take 26–28 mm cubes.

Across the markets these guides cover, every recurring account takes a printed inner box or inner plastic packed into a master carton, and every account is private label: our briquette, your brand on the box.

Packaging formats and master-carton options · Private label and white label

Every one of those accounts reorders. These are repeat programs, not one-off trial containers.

What the markets these guides cover buy is not the whole ladder — every grade we produce is specified on the grades page.

The full grade ladder · Indicative FOB price per ton

Order book as of 2026-09-19

Who handles what

Who does what on a container shipment: we export and document; you and your customs broker clear and deliver at destination.

GTİP classification

Coconut-shell charcoal classifies under heading 4402, subheading 4402.20 ("of shell or nut"). Turkey's 12-digit tariff line (GTİP) under it is 4402.20.00.00.00, one line that is not split further. Bamboo charcoal and other charcoal sit on separate lines.

Tariff line:

• 4402.20.00.00.00

  GTİP "Kabuk veya sert kabuklu meyvelerin kabuklarından olanlar" — of shell or nut, Turkey's one 12-digit line for coconut-shell charcoal. Bamboo charcoal (4402.10.00.00.00) and other charcoal (4402.90.00.00.00) sit on separate lines.

  Source (opens in new tab)

Note: Declare 4402.20 uniformly on the commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and bill of lading; your gümrük müşaviri declares the 12-digit line 4402.20.00.00.00 in BİLGE.

Duties & taxes

Turkey's customs duty for each tariff line is set in the lists annexed to the Import Regime Decision (İthalat Rejimi Kararı); KDV, the value-added tax, is charged on imports under Law No. 3065.

No rate is shown for this market. Confirm every duty and tax line for your declared code with your customs broker at booking.

Landed-cost worked example

We publish no duty or tax figures for Turkey, so there is no worked example here. The landed-cost page carries the same layer model with a calculator that runs on your own freight quote; add the customs duty and KDV your gümrük müşaviri confirms for the declared line.

The landed-cost layers and calculator→

The entry process

Turkish entry for a UN 1361 container is a customs declaration filed electronically in BİLGE, the Ministry of Trade's customs system, under the Customs Law No. 4458. The importer files it through its own authorized staff or through a gümrük müşaviri, a licensed customs consultant, acting as its representative.

Step by step:

1. 1. Import controls. Heading 4402 is not listed in the annexes of ÜGD 2026/5, the communiqué on imports under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's control (as amended by ÜGD 2026/42), nor in the product lists of ÜGD 2026/1 (standards conformity, TAREKS) or ÜGD 2026/7 (controlled solid fuels), as read on 6 October 2026. The lists are reissued each year; your gümrük müşaviri confirms them at declaration.
2. 2. Customs declaration. Your gümrük müşaviri files the declaration in BİLGE with the commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and certificate of origin. For goods outside the restricted categories, the importer needs only a Turkish tax number.
3. 3. Origin and preference. Turkey has no free-trade agreement in force with Indonesia; negotiations are under way. Confirm with your gümrük müşaviri whether any other preference applies to the declared line and what origin proof it needs.

The export documents we supply→

Dangerous-goods handling at Turkish ports

The cargo arrives as declared UN 1361, Class 4.2 dangerous goods, and is handled accordingly at the Turkish port of discharge. The classification and the prevention controls are covered on the dangerous-goods pages.

What UN 1361 is · The 2026 rules · Insured arrival & cargo protection

Import controls checked for heading 4402

This is regulatory information, not legal advice — see the disclaimer below.

Agriculture Ministry control (ÜGD 2026/5)

Heading 4402 is not listed in the annexes of ÜGD 2026/5, the communiqué on imports under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's control, as published on 31 December 2025 and amended by ÜGD 2026/42 — read on 6 October 2026. Its plant-quarantine annex lists fuel wood, logs, sawn wood and wooden packaging, not charcoal. Source (opens in new tab)

Standards conformity (TAREKS, ÜGD 2026/1)

Heading 4402 is not in the product list of ÜGD 2026/1, the communiqué on standards-conformity checks at import, as read on 6 October 2026. Source (opens in new tab)

Controlled solid fuels (ÜGD 2026/7)

The communiqué on solid fuels controlled for environmental protection lists coal, lignite, coke and petroleum-coke lines; heading 4402 is not among them, as read on 6 October 2026. Source (opens in new tab)