Export competitiveness of Türkiye`s agricultural machinery and equipment sector

Authors : Zeynep AKTAŞ ÇİMEN, Can ERTEKİN

Pages : 703-717

Doi:10.31015/jaefs.2023.3.24

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the study is to determine the competitiveness of Turkey’s agricultural machinery and equipment sector. Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RCA); approach was used in the period 2002-2021 by using International Trade Center database. Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage RCA2 Index for 39 agricultural machinery and equipment product groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(their sub-product groups of 69, 82, 84, 87); related to Harmonized System 6-digit product classification, Vollrath’s Relative Export Advantage-RXA, Net Export Index-NEI, and Export-Import Rate Index-EIRI indices were calculated. According to the results, while Turkey has a competitive advantage in 13 of the agricultural machinery and equipment product group exports, it has a competitive disadvantage in the other 26 product groups.
Keywords : Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Revealed Comparative Advantages, Vollrath Index, Net Export Index, Export Import Rate Index