An ATR certificate is a Customs document that can be used for trade between EU countries and Turkey. The EU has a Customs agreement with Turkey which allows for most goods to be imported without duties. Goods need to originate from the EU or Turkey. This will be stated on an ATR certificate. The ATR certificate can not be used for most agricultural products and steel products. For these products the specific origin is significant and require a EUR-1 certificate. Customs has a complete list of the excluded products. Your Chamber of Commerce (Department Export Products) will inform you which document to apply for your goods. In case of export to Turkey, the ATR certificate needs to be filled in by the exporter. Customs then issues a valid export license. This happens simultaneously with the export declaration. If the certificate is used to import goods from Turkey, you need to provide an ATR certificate together with the import declaration, to customs. This certificate is validated by Turkish customs. (source: Dutch Chamber of Commerce)
