The Turkish government has been imposing additional import tariffs on Indonesian textiles since August 1 2009. Indonesian Textile Association (API) Deputy Chairman Ade Sudrajat said the Turkish government had imposed between 2% and 3% additional import duties on 12 Indonesian textile manufacturers that had been “cooperative” during the dumping investigation.

However, the Turkish government imposed an extra 8% levy on companies that were not so cooperative filling in the questionnaires.

The dumping allegation goes back to 2007, when 22 Turkish firms petitioned seven textile makers from three countries; China, India and Indonesia for allegedly dumping sewing thread of man-made staple fibers; yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibers; yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibers; and yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibers in the Turkish market.