Turkey Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation on Solar Glass
from Vietnam
The Turkish Ministry of Trade has officially initiated an
anti-dumping investigation on solar glass originating from Vietnam, China, and
Malaysia. The notice was published in the Turkish Official Gazette on June 19,
2026.
Turkey Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation on Solar Glass from Vietnam
Because trade remedy investigations target a specific
product from a country rather than individually named corporations, Vietnamese
exporters are encouraged to review their market exposure early, even if their
company name does not appear in the initial public notice.
In typical export setups, supply chain data can be
decentralized across multiple departments (technical files, commercial
invoices, and logistics papers). Conducting a structured review ensures that
management has full visibility over whether their products are involved.
7 Essential Compliance Checks for Exporters:
-Product Check: Confirm if your company manufactures,
processes, or trades solar glass, PV glass, safety glass for solar
applications, or tempered solar glass.
-Tariff Check: Review your export declarations and invoices
against HS codes 7006, 7007, or any related tariff lines used for shipments to
Turkey.
-Shipment Path Check: Trace both direct and indirect sales
routes, including transactions through traders, distributors, affiliates, or
solar module manufacturers who may ship onward.
-Customer Check: Reach out to your Turkish buyers,
importers, and distributors to see if they have received official
questionnaires from the Ministry.
-Document Check: Secure and organize all relevant contracts,
purchase orders, invoices, customs declarations, product specifications, and
cost files.
-Data Control Check: Align internal records across sales,
accounting, production, and logistics to ensure identical transaction data and
eliminate discrepancies.
-Decision Check: Evaluate early whether to participate in
the investigation, coordinate data with your Turkish buyer, or formally
document why your business sits outside the case scope.
Timeline and Participation
Interested parties have 37 days from the June 19, 2026
publication date to submit their questionnaire responses to the Turkish
Ministry of Trade.
When an exporter chooses not to participate, the
investigating authority may determine rules based on "facts
available" rather than the company’s actual data, which generally leads to
less favorable outcomes. Conversely, for companies with zero trade volume to
Turkey, simply completing a brief internal note to document that fact is a
practical way to manage future inquiries.
