Comparative analysis of export competitiveness specialization levels of Türkiye and leading countries in the cereal sector

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the export competition specialization level of the cereal sector of Türkiye and the ten countries (USA, Germany, France, India, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine, Australia and Russia) that have the largest share in cereal exports and to analyze them from a comparative perspective. In this direction, the export and import values of the said countries for the period 2013-2022 were taken from the WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution) database. Analyzes, SITC Rev. it was made using the Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA) method for 3 cereal sub-product groups in the product group “04- Cereals, cereal products” belonging to 3 groups. According to the Net Export Index results, it has been detected that Germany, India, Brazil, Türkiye, Ukraine (except 0481), Russia, Argentina and Australia (except 0471) specialize in the export of all sub-product groups. However, it is concluded that the USA could not specialize in the export of any of the aforementioned sub-product groups. In addition, it has been determined that France and Canada only specialize in the export of the 0472 coded product group. Balassa Index results show that these countries have a competitive disadvantage in all cereal sub-product groups.