Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):365-372 | DOI: 10.17221/98/2020-AGRICECON

Competitiveness of dried sector: A case study of world and TurkeyOriginal Paper

Tunahan Erdem*
Agricultural Machinery and Technology Department, Agricultural Faculty, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

The study aimed to reveal the competitiveness of the world dried sector for some selected products such as dried apples, prunes, apricots, figs, and grapes. In the study, the data was subjected to the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Relative Export Advantage (RXA), Relative Import Advantage (RMA), Relative Trade Advantage (RTA) and Relative Competitiveness (RC) indices. RCA is an index developed by Balassa to determine the competitiveness of a specific country for selected products or goods. To demonstrate the economic outlook for the world dried sector, the 2007 to 2017 data of China, USA, Chile, Germany, Iran, the Netherlands, South Africa, France, Uzbekistan, Argentina, Spain, Turkey, and India were compared, these countries dominating the sector of selected dried agricultural products. The results demonstrated that the world dried sector is very responsive to economic crises and to local currency rate. The RCA index was found to be 4.66 in 2007 for Turkey and it decreased to 4.45 by 2009 during the world economic crisis. The other breaking point was 2013 when Turkey experienced both economic and political crises.

Keywords: Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA); Relative Export Advantage (RXA); Relative Import Advantage (RMA); Relative Trade Advantage (RTA) and Relative Competitiveness (RC); Turkey; dried sector

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Erdem T. Competitiveness of dried sector: A case study of world and Turkey. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2020;66(8):365-372. doi: 10.17221/98/2020-AGRICECON.
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