ANALYSIS IN COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES PERSPECTIVE OF FOREIGN TRADE OF TURKEY AND BORDER COUNTRIES

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In recent years, Turkey’s zero-problem policy with neighbors has had a positive effect on its foreign trade, and Turkey’s foreign trade with its border neighbors has showed an important development. The aim of the study is to calculate the revealed comparative advantage index relative to Turkey and border countries, and to presented advantages and disadvantages in export of countries in question. Accordingly, Turkey has higher competitiveness in the face of border countries in point of the export particularly in the textile yarns and fabrics, clothings, fruit and vegetable, travel goods and handbangs and tobacco products. However, in the export of live animals, animal products, foods and oils, mineral oils, petroleum and other energy products, it can be mentioned that border countries has largely comparative advantage.

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Export , Competitiveness , Turkey , Border Neighbours

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