How does preferential tariff treatment work in trade with Maldives?
Preferential Trade Agreement may provide a duty advantage when HS/GTIP and origin evidence align; the country name alone does not create an exemption.
The first check is whether the product's 12-digit GTIP is covered by the current concession schedule. Then review the product-specific origin rule, inputs, cumulation and the EUR.1 movement certificate route.
What can the agreement change?
It may reduce or eliminate ordinary customs duty for covered goods. The concession rate and staging schedule must be read by HS/GTIP.
How is origin acquired?
The product-specific rule may require wholly obtained status, tariff-heading change, a maximum non-originating content or a defined manufacturing operation.
How is proof established?
EUR.1 movement certificate must meet the agreement's form, wording, issuer and retention requirements and remain consistent with invoice and transport records.
What does it not remove?
Import VAT, additional charges, product-safety/TAREKS controls, surveillance, anti-dumping, permits and technical conformity may still apply.
Maldives / GOODS · TARIFF CONCESSIONS · ORIGIN
- Confirm the 12-digit GTIP and commercial product description.
- Check the current concession and any exclusion/staging category.
- Apply the product-specific origin rule to the bill of materials.
- Confirm cumulation and transport/non-alteration conditions.
- Match EUR.1 movement certificate to invoice, packing and transport evidence.
EUR.1 movement certificate
- Bill of materials, input origin and supplier evidence
- Manufacturing flow and product-specific origin calculation
- Commercial invoice, packing list and transport document
- Authority and mandatory wording for the origin proof
- GTIP concession mapping and other import measures
The following official regulatory and implementation sources were checked for this guide.
- Türkiye–Maldives Preferential Trade Agreement
- Regulation on the Preferential Origin of Goods in Türkiye–Maldives Trade
- Applicable tariff concession schedules
Last reviewed: 25 August 2026. General information; not a binding tariff or origin decision.