1. Beer USD 0.50 per liter 2. Natural grape wines including strong wines USD 1.00 per liter 3. Vermouth, other grape wines USD 1.50 per liter 4. Alcohol, liquors, other drinks USD 1.50 per liter 5. Coarse-ground salt 30% of contract price 6. Mineral water except medical mineral water 20% 7. Beverages:
from September 1 through March 3 30% from April 1 through August 31 10% 8. Baby food made of milk 30% 9. Tomato paste 30% 10. Pickled, preserved tomatoes 50% 11. Tomato juice 50% 12. Pickled, sour cabbage 50% 13. Cherry-plum, plum, apple compotes 30% 14. Apple, plum, cherry-plum jam 30% 15. Apple, carrot, pumpkin, melon jam 50% 16. Pickled eggplants 30% 17. Pickled beet 30% 18. Water-melons, melons, gourd 100% 19. Grapes 100% 20. Fresh vegetables including tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cabbage, cucumbers, onion, garlic 100% 21. Lemons 50% 22. Cigars including cigars with cut ends, 30% of contract cigarillos and its substitutes except price, but not cigarettes without filters less than USD 0.10 per pack 23. Tobacco and its substitutes per pack USD 0.25 24. Jewelry made of precious and semi- 10% precious stones and metals, or of natural and cultivated pearls or precious and semi-precious stones 25. Automobiles: - with engine capacity of up to 2,000 10% cubic centimeters - with engine capacity of more than 15% 2,000 cubic meters 26. Cotton fabric (coarse calico) 50% 27. Denim fabric 50% 28. Cotton yarn 20% 29. Knitted cotton fabric 20% 30. Knitted cotton garment 30% 31. Cotton robes 30% 32. Denim trousers 20% 33. Mattresses, blankets, cotton pillows 30% 34. Cotton mittens (special work cloth) 30% 35. Cotton wool 30% 36. Cotton sheet wadding 30% 36. Quilted cotton wool for furniture 30% 37. Cotton rugs 30% 38. Hand-made Turkmen carpets 100% 39. Machine-made wool carpets 50% 40. Machine-made semi-wool carpets 50% 41. Machine-made synthetic carpets 50% 42. Hand-made camel wool carpets called "Koshma" 100% 43. Yurtas 100% 44. Astrakhan fur coats 50% 45. Lamb skin (astrakhan skin) 50% 46. Sheep wool except sardjinskaya, merenosnaya and angora wool 50% 47. Raw silk 50% 48. Silkworm cocoon 50% 49. Lamp-holders, sockets, switch outlets 30% 50. Window glass with 3-4 millimeter thickness USD 1 per square meter 51. Cauldrons with 3,5,9,15,25,50 and 100 liter capacity 50% 52. Enameled bowls with a capacity of up to 2 liters 30% 53. Enameled mugs with a capacity of 0.4 to 1 liter 30% 54. Plastic buckets with a capacity of 5 to 10 liters 30% 55. Plastic basins with a capacity of 5.8 to 18 liters 30% 56. Plastic jerrycans with a capacity of 10 liters 30% 57. Plastic lids for cans 30% 58. Gas stoves 20% 59. Saws of PMP00183 type 100% 60. Saws of 4AP05002 type 100% 61. Cream mixing machine of MV-60 and MV-35 types 20% 62. Pouring equipment (USN-175 type) 10% 63. Drilling equipment (BPR-70) 10% 64. Dough, pastry mixing equipment 20% 65. Carbon dioxide 20% 66. Technical sulfur acid 20% 67. Aluminum sulfate 20% 68. Oxygen 20% 69. Ferro bromide 20% 70. Ozocerite 20% 71. Technical carbon K-354 30% 72. Sodium sulfate (A and B type) 30% 73. Technical magnesium chloride (bishofit) 30% 74. Natural magnesium sulfate (epsomit) 30% 75. Glauber's salt 50% 76. Potassium iodide 30% 77. Technical iodine (A type) 30% 78. Bleach "Belizna" 30% 79. Sea salt 50% 80. Gypseous and anhydride stone 30% 81. Oil coke 30% 82. Bitumen 30% 83. Sulfur 30% 84. Technical salt 30% 85. Fans (VG-70, VG-50, ZVG-25 types) 30% 86. Equipment (USN-175 type) 30% 87. Rotor (V16VG-70 type) 30% 88. Conductor 30% 89. Cord 30% 90. Cable 15% 91. Cement (M-300 and M-400 types) USD 5 per ton 92. Slate USD 20 per one thousand of conditional slab
Those goods imported into Turkmenistan in accordance with intergovernmental agreements, government decrees and with the purpose to implement projects and/or contracts with foreign investment participation and state loan involvement are exempt from excise payments. Also no excises are charged for goods that transit through Turkmenistan and are imported into Turkmenistan for humanitarian and/or technical assistance from international and charitable organizations.
The Government levies excise taxes on a limited number of exported goods. The list includes:
Customs Procedures
To pass through customs, an importer of goods must submit the
following documents:
- A trade contract registered with the SCRME. The contract should
contain information about quantities and costs in hard currency
that will be the basis for the customs valuation;
- A bill of lading with similar information on qualities and
costs;
- A customs declaration form that can be obtained in the
Ashgabat-Expertisa firm of the Chamber
of Commerce of Turkmenistan at the following address:
Mr. Rafael Salimov, Director
A declaration form for one category of goods costs 10,800 manats
(June 1997 foreign exchange
rate is 5,200 manats per one U.S. dollar). An additional form for
three categories of goods costs
7,200 manats;
Mr. Bayram Khasanov, Head
The Cotton Inspectorate under the State Cotton Association issues
a separate conformance
certificate for cotton exported from Turkmenistan;
While there are no "tariffs", Customs charges a service fee of
0.2 percent of the contract cost and
20 percent of the value added tax counted from the fee sum.
1. Arms and military equipment and special items used for
military production and services;
1. Chemicals;
The Ministry of Trade and Resources issues licenses for the
import of alcohol.
The Precious Stone and Metal Fund under the Central Bank of
Turkmenistan provides licenses for
export or import of precious stones and metals.
Import/Export Documentation
To register direct trade contracts that are not involved in
auctioning at the SCRME, three original
copies of the contract along with a product quality certificate
and a document confirming product
availability must be submitted to the SCRME.
Those goods that are auctioned at the SCRME can be exported from
or imported into
Turkmenistan without licensing.
To register a contract for selling or purchasing goods at the
SCRME, an application should be
submitted at least five days prior to the sale or purchase. The
application must contain information
about the goods: quantity, prices, place of origin and current
location, terms of delivery and
payment and the seller's contact information. In addition, the
following documents must also be
submitted: a product quality certificate issued by the producer
of goods offered for sale; a written
confirmation of product availability issued by the seller; and a
guarantee document containing the
date and terms for delivery of goods in Turkmenistan. A buyer
must present a bank confirmation
of sufficient funds to cover the cost of the goods.
Contracts and treaties concluded on the basis of clearing
agreements, trade credits and investment
barters (as well as those entailing the import of a part of joint
venture capital goods, and
charitable donations) must also be registered with the SCRME.
Standards, Labeling and Marking Requirements
Turkmenistan has developed "national standards" for locally
produced goods. Since Turkmenistan
is a member of the International Standards Organization (ISO),
most Turkmen national standards
meet international standards requirements. So far, Turkmenistan
has not introduced any restrictive
packaging or labeling standards rules.
As part of the CIS, Turkmenistan has accepted General Interstate
Standards (GOST) and
Technical Standards (TS), developed in accordance with an
agreement reached between 12 CIS
countries. Most of the GOST standards incorporate former Soviet
Union standards.
This report is provided courtesy of the Business
Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)
1. Mineral water
- from September through February no excises
- from March through August USD 0.20 per liter
2. Pure wool yarn and semiwool yarn USD 200 per ton
3. Cattle leather:
- leather made of cows, camels, bulls
etc. USD 100 per ton
- leather made of sheep and goats USD 0.50 per piece
- non-standard leather USD 50 per ton
4. Ammonia saltpeter USD 100 per ton
"Ashgabat-Expertisa" Firm
17 Baymukhamed Batyrov Street
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 744000
Tel: (993)(12) 25-13-52
35-41-74
25-53-26
- A conformance certificate confirming the quality of delivered
goods. The certificate can be
obtained from the State Standards Inspectorate at the address
below:
State Chief Standards Inspectorate
14 Seidi Street
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 744000
Tel: (993)(12) 51-14-94, 51-14-32
Fax: (993)(12) 51-04-98
- A Central Bank document confirming a money transfer for
purchasing goods or an irrevocable
Letter of Credit.
Import/Export Licenses
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Issued in November 1994, a Presidential Decree outlines two
separate sets of goods where import
or export must be licensed by the President and the Cabinet of
Ministers. The following is the list
of goods where import or export is controlled by the
President:
2. Gunpowder, explosive substances, explosive and pyrotechnic
devices;
3. Radioactive materials, technology, equipment and
installations, special non-nuclear materials
and radioactive wastes;
4. Precious metals and alloys, ores, scrap material and
wastes;
5. Precious natural stones and items including wastes, powder,
recuperation of precious natural
stones, pearls and amber;
6. Narcotics;
7. Special kinds of raw materials, equipment, technology and
scientific information used for arms
and military equipment production;
8. Materials, equipment and technology ostensibly produced for
peaceful purposes but which may
be used for production of nuclear, chemical and other kinds of
weapons of mass
destruction;
9. Investment abroad;
10. Export of scientific and research works, expertise and
innovations; and
11. Poisons (except those that are included in the list
below).
The Cabinet of Ministers licenses export or import of the
following goods:
2. Poisons;
3. Industrial wastes;
4. Turkmen national jewelry;
5. Cultural valuables;
6. Ancient printed products and manuscripts;
7. Archaeological findings;
8. Numismatics;
9. Art products;
10. Collections of materials on mineralogy and biology;
11. Middle Asian sheep-dog;
12. Ahalteke horses;
13. Pedigree cattle;
14. Wild animals;
15. Wild plants, bones of fossil animals, ivory, horns, hoofs,
corals and other such materials;
and
16. Information about soils, energy resources and minerals
assimilated by the districts located
throughout the territory of Turkmenistan and within the
continental shelf and offshore zone.
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The SCRME is authorized to issue import/export licenses for all
commercial transactions.
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With the exception of cotton, all goods imported into and
exported from Turkmenistan must be
certified as adhering to quality standards determined by the
State Chief Standards Inspectorate.
Raw and ginned cotton to be exported from Turkmenistan is
certified by the Cotton Inspectorate
under the State Cotton Association. 