The Customs Recipe of 1862 History of the Ottoman State is Used in Foreign Trade: The Example of America

The Ottoman State wanted to change the customs tariff that it had put into practice with the 1830 trade agreement signed with the American Government, depending on the new developments in the economic conjuncture. Two important factors in this change attract attention. The first factor will be an increase in product prices and a decrease in customs duties. The second factor will be attempts to change the economic concept of the economy depending on the developments in the world conjuncture. The Ottoman state renewed the customs tariff with American Government after the 20 March 1862 trade agreement. The tariff was prepared under the supervision of the representatives of the two sides according to the Ottoman Turkic. In this study, while the commodity types in the tariff book were translated from Ottoman Turkic to Latin alphabet, the original statements were true