ISTANBUL: Turkey said the proposed duties on its soda ash exports to Pakistan are based on an inflated profit margin.
In a letter dated July 2, 2026, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade asked Pakistan’s National Tariff Commission (NTC) to apply a 5 percent profit margin instead of 10 percent when calculating injury margins in the case involving soda ash imports from Turkey and Kenya.
The anti-dumping investigation was launched on July 18, 2025, following a complaint filed by two local companies, which alleged that soda ash imported from Turkey and Kenya was being dumped in the Pakistani market at unfairly low prices and hurting the local industry.
On January 15, 2026, the NTC concluded that there was sufficient evidence of alleged dumping, injury to the local industry, and a causal link between the two. Based on those findings, the Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on the imports under investigation.
Turkey said it had already commented on both the initiation of the investigation and the preliminary determination but remained concerned about the Commission’s decision to use a 10 percent profit margin to calculate injury margins.
According to the Turkish Ministry of Trade, the NTC has historically used a 5 percent profit margin in similar anti-dumping cases. It argued that deviating from this established practice by adopting a higher margin could overstate the level of injury and lead to higher anti-dumping duties on Turkish soda ash exports to Pakistan.
Turkey also referred to a submission by the All Pakistan Glass Manufacturers Association (APGMA), which similarly urged the Commission to retain its previous methodology and use a 5 percent profit margin.
The Turkish government has requested the National Tariff Commission to lower the profit margin to 5 percent when calculating injury margins before issuing its final decision in the case.
