Office Chair Manufacturer Supplying Türkiye
Moroccan-origin chairs enter Türkiye at zero duty, and unlike most markets that is a real advantage rather than a sales line — the free trade agreement was written asymmetrically in Morocco’s favour. A reorder of a model we have already run for you is produced in one week.
Zero, and the agreement says so in one sentence
The Morocco–Türkiye free trade agreement has been in force since 1 January 2006. Protocol I, paragraph 1, is unusually blunt: customs duties and charges having equivalent effect on imports applicable in Türkiye to products originating in Morocco shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement. No phase-out, no list, no quota. Article 3 brings in Chapters 25 to 97 of the Harmonised System except the products of Annex I, and Annex I is an agri-food list — mannitol, sorbitol, casein, cotton, flax, hemp. Chapter 94 is inside the scope. The WTO Secretariat describes the same arrangement as asymmetric treatment in favour of Morocco, whose non-agricultural products have enjoyed full exemption since the entry into force of the agreement.
What the 2020 amendment did — and did not do
If you have read about a Morocco–Türkiye tariff dispute, it runs the other way. In 2020 Morocco reinstated duties on around 1,200 Turkish products entering Morocco. Nothing in that amendment touches Moroccan goods entering Türkiye, which is the direction that concerns you.
The document that makes it work
A EUR.1 movement certificate, issued by Moroccan customs and supplied with the shipping documents as a matter of course. Without it the preference is not applied and your broker pays the normal rate — the certificate is the whole mechanism.
Tariff heading
Swivel office chairs with height adjustment fall under heading 9401.39. We state it on the commercial invoice so your broker is not classifying the goods for you.
Selling into a market that also manufactures
Türkiye is a furniture producer and an exporter of furniture, which makes it an unusual destination. We are not pretending otherwise: if you are buying volume commodity seating, a domestic supplier is closer and we will not be the cheapest line on your sheet. What we bring is a second origin with its own tariff position and a one-week replenishment, which matters to importers and to buyers who need a specification met rather than a price met.
Importers and distributors
You buy by the container and resell. Minimum order 100 units on the Challenger and 20 on the Exclusive, EXW or FOB Casablanca, export documentation prepared for every shipment, EUR.1 included.
Corporate and call centre buyers
Continuous-use workstations replaced on a cycle. This is the setting the Challenger was designed around, and the one our own deliveries have mostly been made into.
Private label
Fabric, colour, mechanism and armrests are decided on the production run, and the product can carry your own brand. That is a factory arrangement, not a catalogue option.
A short supply line, and a second source
Replenishment
A reorder of a model we have already run takes one week of production, because the setup is done. The same replenishment from East Asia sits on the water for weeks. That difference decides how much stock you carry.
Certification
Chairs certified to EN 1335 and conforming to ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2011. The certificate and the test reports go out with the quotation rather than after the order, so your procurement team can read them before committing.
Second source
Importers who already buy in Asia use us as a second origin rather than a replacement: a different continent, a different tariff position, a different set of risks on the same product line.
The figures to work from
Every figure assumes chairs shipped disassembled, which is how export orders leave the factory. It is the single factor that decides what you pay in freight per chair.
| Model | Type | Minimum order | 40ft HC | First order of 100 | Reorder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger 175 | Operator chair, Aero 3D mesh, headrest | 100 | 360 | 15 days | 1 week |
| Exclusive 500 | Executive chair, leather | 20 | 200 | 30 days | 1 week |
Incoterms EXW or FOB Casablanca. Mixed orders across models are possible — ask for the exact container plan on your combination. Exclusive G, BY 1, BY G and Caddy 80 are available too.
Importing from Morocco, in practice
Do Turkish importers pay customs duty on office chairs from Morocco?
No. The Morocco–Türkiye free trade agreement has been in force since 1 January 2006, and its Protocol I states that Turkish import duties on products originating in Morocco are abolished upon entry into force — immediately, with no phase-out. Article 3 covers Harmonised System Chapters 25 to 97 apart from an agri-food annex, so Chapter 94 furniture is inside the scope. You will need the EUR.1 certificate for the preference to be applied.
Didn’t Morocco and Türkiye have a tariff dispute?
Yes, and it runs in the opposite direction. In 2020 Morocco reinstated customs duties on around 1,200 Turkish products entering the Moroccan market, which is why the agreement is often described as under revision. That amendment concerns Turkish exports to Morocco. Moroccan industrial goods entering Türkiye have been fully exempt since 2006, and the WTO Secretariat describes the agreement as asymmetric in Morocco’s favour for exactly that reason.
What is the minimum order quantity?
100 units for the Challenger operator chair and 20 units for the Exclusive executive chair. Mixed orders are possible — ask us for the exact container plan on your combination.
How many chairs fit in one container?
A 40ft High Cube holds 360 Challenger or 200 Exclusive chairs, shipped disassembled. A 20ft holds 150 or 80 respectively.
How long does a reorder take?
One week of production, because the setup is already done. A first order of 100 Challenger chairs takes 15 days and 100 Exclusive 30 days, counted from order confirmation. Transit from Casablanca is added to that figure and we confirm it for your port in the quotation.
Why buy Moroccan seating when Türkiye manufactures furniture itself?
For most volume commodity seating, you should not — a domestic supplier is closer. Our buyers in producing markets are importers who want a second origin with a different tariff position, and specifiers who need a particular build, fabric or mechanism run to order rather than picked from a catalogue. We would rather say that plainly than claim an advantage we do not have.
Do you manufacture, or do you resell?
We manufacture. The chairs are produced on our own line in Casablanca, where we have been making them since 2008, and we own the moulds our plastic components come from. A mould is an investment tied to one specific part, which is why a reseller has none.
Tell us what you need to land in Türkiye
Models, quantities and destination port. We come back with the container plan, the production lead time and an FOB Casablanca price, EUR.1 included.