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Year: 2004 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 663-668
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2004.663.668
Competitiveness and the Trade of Livestock Products: A Comparative Study Between Turkey and its Neighbouring Countries
Mushtaq Ahmad Klasra and Halil Fidan

Abstract: This study aims at examining the international competitiveness of Turkish exports in comparison to its neighboring countries in the wake of globalize trend. Revealed Comparative Advantage Index of each country remained mixed but with varying degrees with respect to each commodity group. Ukraine and Romania appeared significantly competitive in terms of their export market share both in the world and in the neighboring countries markets. Being high wage economy relative to its neighboring countries, Turkey could increase marginally its export market share only in the markets of its neighboring countries during 2001.

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Mushtaq Ahmad Klasra and Halil Fidan, 2004. Competitiveness and the Trade of Livestock Products: A Comparative Study Between Turkey and its Neighbouring Countries. Journal of Applied Sciences, 4: 663-668.

Keywords: revealed comparative advantage, international competitivesness, trade of livestock and turkey and its neighboring countries

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