Product export scorecard · GTİP 3917.33.00.00.00Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics, not reinforced or otherwise combined with…Official Turkish text: Plastikten diğer borular ve diğer hortumlar; diğer maddelerle birleştirilmemiş veya takviye edilmemiş fakat bağlantı elemanları olanlar
Türkiye exported €7.77m of this product's subheading (HS 3917.33) in 2025, rank 1,806 among its exports. Its biggest market for the heading is Iraq: €70.5m in the 12 months to August 2026 (-42.8% on the year before). In Saudi Arabia, Türkiye's share is 3.3%: US$12.4m in the 12 months to April 2026. 5 buying signals in the Gulf name this product.
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3 giga-project contracts (estimate)Saudi Arabia3Source: NEOM newsroom: contracts, agreements and partnerships, New Murabba media centre: contract awards and agreements
2 Gulf importers or distributors (estimate)Saudi Arabia2Source: Saudi Build exhibitors (Riyadh Exhibitions Company)
Estimate: the platform's reading of what a hotel or a contractor buys; the source does not name this product.
The Gulf and Iraq
Türkiye's last 12 months in heading 3917 in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq and Qatar, whether or not they are among the top five.
Saudi ArabiaMarket no. 23
From Türkiye, 12 months
US$12.4m-28.6%
Türkiye's share
3.3%
As Saudi Arabia reports it
No free trade agreement; Türkiye–GCC talks under way
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
From the Saudi readiness check itself: published requirements only, each with its source.
Saudi ArabiaRegulated productThrough SABER
Pipes for water, electricity and gas networks: Type 3 certificateMandatory
For every shipment: SABER shipment certificate and customs documentsMandatory
Commercial data in Arabic on each unit (Commercial Data Law)Mandatory
Pipes: label with warnings and instructionsMandatory
12-digit Saudi customs tariff codeMandatory
Product Safety Law: duties of the manufacturer and importerMandatory
and 3 more steps
The product needs an Arabic label.
Estimate5–6 working days · SAR 500 – SAR 2.5k · SAR 350 per shipment
No source gives a fee or a time for 2 items: we do not guess them.
9 requirements, 8 mandatorySources last checked on 3 November 2026
United Arab EmiratesAsk an expert
Customs declaration documents at the first point of entry (GCC unified guide)Mandatory
Customs union: clearance and duty at the first point of entry (GCC)Mandatory
Conformity certificate or Gulf conformity mark (GCC)
Dubai: voluntary DCL certification of plastic drainage pipes
Emirates Quality Mark and the other national conformity marks (voluntary)
Voluntary UAE certificate of conformity (products under no technical regulation)
6 requirements, 2 mandatorySources last checked on 3 November 2026
QatarAsk an expert
Customs declaration documents at the first point of entry (GCC unified guide)Mandatory
Country of origin ('Made in') on every piece and cartonMandatory
Customs documents: official invoice, certificate of origin, packing list and HS codeMandatory
Customs union: clearance and duty at the first point of entry (GCC)Mandatory
Import licence: a Qatari importer (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)Mandatory
Conformity certificate or Gulf conformity mark (GCC)
and 1 more step
This is a suggestion; have your customs broker confirm it before any official step.
The code
National tariff line (12 digits)
GTİP 3917.33.00.00.00
Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings, seals or connectors
Official Turkish title: Plastikten diğer borular ve diğer hortumlar; diğer maddelerle birleştirilmemiş veya takviye edilmemiş fakat bağlantı elemanları olanlar
Its place in the tariff
Chapter 39Plastics and articles thereof
Heading Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics
Subheading Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, other than those of item no. 3917.31, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings
CN code Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings, seals or connectors
Türkiye exported €7.77m of HS 3917.33 in 2025: rank 1,806 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
1As Türkiye reports (no figures of the market's own)
From Türkiye, 12 months
€70.5m-42.8%
Market's imports
Not published
Türkiye's share
Not published
Import duty
Not published
2As Romania reports
From Türkiye, 12 months
€41.9m-5.9%
Market's imports
€101m+3.1%
In EU member markets, industrial goods enter duty-free with an A.TR movement certificate under Decision 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (the Customs Union); coal and steel products under the 1996 ECSC agreement, with a EUR.1. Agricultural products' rate is TARIC's. Trade-defence measures such as anti-dumping duties apply on top.
Ranked by Türkiye's own exports over 12 months, as Türkiye reports them, in one currency for every market; then by their growth. Each row shows the market's own figures where it publishes them. 131 markets have figures for this heading.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
50% of eligible expenses, up to 75% under the conditions below
On the stand's area in square metres, at most 5 fairs a year (10 for the participants and makers the circular qualifies). 70% in the Ministry's target countries, 75% in its target countries and sectors.
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Kuwait
United States
