Your Solution Partner in Bonded Warehousing

A bonded warehouse is a place where imported goods are stored under customs supervision without customs duties being paid. While the goods are in the warehouse they are not in free circulation; the duty liability arises only when they are withdrawn and an import declaration is lodged. This lets an importer who cannot sell immediately hold stock without tying up capital in duty.

The core difference is customs supervision: goods entering a bonded warehouse are treated as not yet taxed and cannot leave without customs permission, whereas an ordinary warehouse holds goods that are already duty-paid and in free circulation. A bonded warehouse is subject to seals, records and declarations; an ordinary warehouse is not.

There is no time limit on how long goods may remain under the warehousing procedure. However, once a declaration is registered assigning the goods to another customs procedure, the formalities must be completed within 30 days. The customs administration may set a specific limit for goods liable to deteriorate (Turkish Customs Regulation, Art. 389).

No — partial withdrawal is permitted. You take out only the quantity you have sold or need for production and pay duty on that part alone, while the remainder stays in the warehouse. For high-tonnage steel shipments this is one of the most significant cash-flow advantages of the procedure.

Handling operations that do not alter the nature of the goods are permitted. Sorting, weighing, labelling, repacking, sampling and quality control all fall within this scope and require customs authorisation. Manufacturing operations that change the nature of the goods cannot be carried out under the warehousing procedure.

Flammable and combustible goods may only be stored in general or private warehouses fitted with a dedicated fire protection and suppression system. A standard warehouse cannot accept such goods. When selecting a warehouse for dangerous goods, always ask to see the fire system documentation.

Kral Antrepo operates from a 1,400 m² covered facility on Alparslan Türkeş Boulevard in Özerli, Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Türkiye. The site sits inside the İskenderun Gulf iron-and-steel belt, a short haul from İskenderun Port, the region's rolling mills and the land gates towards Syria and Iraq.

Yes. Alongside warehouse operations Kral Antrepo trades steel, supplying 15 product lines from its own stock — from galvanised and prepainted coil to hollow sections, pipe, flat bar, angle and rebar. Because storage and supply run through a single contact, shipment planning is simpler.