23 March 2020

Communique of Veterinary for Transhipment Cargoes at DP WORLD YARIMCA

Dear Valued Customer

As per The Turkish Veterinary Border Inspection law, which was enacted in 2011, inspection surcharge will be implemented in the DP WORLD YARIMCA Port,Turkey as of March 30, 2020 for prescribed transshipment containers. In this regard, with the discharge of containers (which contains animal products and its derivatives) approval must be obtained by applying to the “Veterinary Border Inspection Post”. Otherwise, those prescribed containers will not be allowed to be loaded.

You can find official announcement under VETERINARY APPLICATION PROCESS, entitled as ‘‘EN VETERINARY COMMINUQUE” under link

This regulation will be applicable for the commodities that are listed down under VETERINARY APPLICATION PROCESS, entitled as “CURRENT HS CODES WHICH ARE UNDER SCOPE OF VETERINARY CONTROL (FIRST 4 DIGITS WITH EXPLANATIONS) under link and all these shipments are subject to 100 USD per B/L charged under INE (Inspection fee export) or INI (Inspection fee Import).  

This circular has been prepared in parallel with the European Union Commission Decision 2007/275 / EC on Animals and Products Subject to Controls at Veterinary Border Control Points in accordance with Council Directives 91/496 / EEC and 97/78 / EC.

We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing working with you in the future.
Should you have any further queries, please feel free to contact your local Maersk representatives or visit our website www.maersk.com

Sincerely, 
Maersk