Corrected: Turkey raises tariffs on some U.S. imports, including cars, alcohol - Official Gazette

Reuters  |  ISTANBUL 

(Corrects scale of tariff raises in 2nd paragraph)

(Reuters) - has sharply raised tariffs on some U.S. imports, including passenger cars, alcohol, tobacco, the country's said on Wednesday.

The decree, signed by Tayyip Erdogan, raised the tariffs on passenger cars to 120 percent, on alcoholic drinks to 140 percent and on leaf tobacco to 60 percent. Tariffs were also increased on goods including cosmetics, rice and coal.

(Reporting by Canan Sevgili; Editing by Daren Butler)

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First Published: Wed, August 15 2018. 12:36 IST