The chemical registration system affects industrial production

Selçuk Gülsün, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Plastic Industrialists' Association (PAGDER), pointed out the use of chemical inputs in all industrial production and stated that as of 2024, the import of chemicals that have not been registered in the KKDİK final registration may stop and accordingly, Turkey's industrial production may be disrupted.

"Renewal of export contracts may be difficult"
Stating that foreign companies may turn to different countries in order not to take risks when they see that the final registration of chemicals in production has not yet been realized as the KKDİK final implementation process approaches, Gülsün said, "As you know, in many of our business lines that make qualified production, exports are realized with long-term contracts. In this context, it is also of great importance that buyers in the countries we export to have confidence in our production capacity and competence. If the current situation continues and the number of final registered chemicals is insufficient at the end of the year, it will be difficult to renew export contracts. As you know, a significant portion of the products used as raw materials by our country's industry are not produced in our country and we procure them through imports. Some chemicals, which are critical for value-added production, come to our country in very low quantities and for this reason, our foreign suppliers do not want to bear KKDİK costs for the small amount of products in question. Another issue is that the tests required for KKDİK cannot be performed in our country and Turkish companies face difficulties when they want to purchase the registration file of the relevant chemical from consortia in Europe to register. In order for this process to go smoothly, it is important to review the regulations, to establish a testing infrastructure in our country and to make intergovernmental initiatives to overcome the difficulties experienced in consortia."

Possible situations that will disrupt production will be prevented

Stating that they are in contact with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and all stakeholders at the point of solving possible issues that will disrupt Turkey's production, Gülsün said, "As an association, not only us, but also the representatives of other business lines that will be affected by the application in the first stage have similar reservations and are taking initiatives to resolve this issue. Since we think that it is important to inform the production branches that will be indirectly affected by the regulation in question, we aim to organize events and raise awareness in this context in the coming period."