Author/Authors
GACENER ATIŞ, Aydanur Ege Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İktisat Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article
A Comparative Competition Analysis of Turkey’s Textile and Clothing Sector
شماره ركورد
44433
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine a sustainable competitive advantage of Turkey’s textile and clothing sector which is one of Turkey’s most important exports factor. In this context, the current state and the level of competition of the industry has been analysed in the most important markets which are the EU-27, the United States and the Middle East - North Africa. Turkey’s textile and clothing export performance with its major trading partners is analysed by using Standard International Trade Classification Rev.3, three digit data which were provided by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Turkish Statistical Institute’s database and calculated with the help of data from the 26/65/84 coded product groups for the period 1995 – 2012. The evaluation of Turkey’s textile and clothing export performance was based on Revealed Comparative Advantage, Revealed Competitiveness and Comparative Export Performance indices. The results reveal that the maintain the importance of the Turkey’s textile and clothing industry but its gradually decreased in terms of certain product groups in its major trading markets.
From Page
315
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Comparative competitiveness , textile and clothing sector , EU , 27 , USA , Middle East , North Africa
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
To Page
334
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
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