The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) in conjunction with HMRC have negotiated with the Turkish customs authorities for electronic AT.Rs to be accepted with immediate effect.
The Turkish authorities have agreed that the electronic documents will be accepted as long as they can be verified by the Turkish authorities.
In order that the Turkish authorities have the option to verify documents if they wish the exporters’ email address needs to be added to Box 1.
This means that you can now apply for your AT.Rs through the e-zCert online system and they can be processed “Express”. However, you can still request them in the traditional way if needed.
For more information on this please contact Faye Hemming on fayeh@hwchamber.co.uk or call 01905 673600.
In the meantime we can process them as standard. Please be advised that as your signature will be electronic we will require all AT.Rs which are processed through e-zCert to have an email address in Box 1.
Please do not hesitate to contact the International Team on 01905 673600 if you require any more information or assistance.