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Comparative Advantage of Yarn and Weaving Industries: Evidence for Türkiye and Top Exporters

Çiğdem Kantur
Çiğdem Kantur
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Berna Türkekul
Berna Türkekul
   | Apr 19, 2023
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Published Online: Apr 19, 2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2023-0003
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Fig. 1.

Product mapping
Product mapping

Fig. 2.

Product mapping of Türkiye’s and India’s cotton yarn and cotton weaving industries (Pre MFA repeal)
Product mapping of Türkiye’s and India’s cotton yarn and cotton weaving industries (Pre MFA repeal)

Fig. 3.

Product mapping of Türkiye’s and India’s cotton yarn and cotton weaving industries (Post MFA repeal)
Product mapping of Türkiye’s and India’s cotton yarn and cotton weaving industries (Post MFA repeal)

Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient for Major Exporting Countries (2000-2021) Source: Authors’ own calculation

HS Code US IN CN TR
5205 0,51** 0,21 −0,98* −0,43**
5206 0,47** 0.37 −0,67* 0,82*
5207 0,31 −0,99* 0,74* 0,94*
5208 −0,87* −0,12 −0,17 −0,86*
5209 −0,81* −0,08 −0,79* 0,34

Sector-wise export specialisation patterns between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021 Source: Authors’ own calculation

HS code RSCAt1ij = RSCAt2ij R2ij βij |βij|/|Rij|
5205 0.79 0.54 0.87* 1.39
5206 0.74 0.70 0.89* 1.13
5207 0.30 0.51 1.18* 2.74
5208 0.89 0.91 1.17* 1.51
5209 0.78 0.82 1.14* 1.59

Trade Specialisation Indices of Major Exporting Countries Source: Authors’ own calculation

HS Code Year US IN CN TR
5205 2000 −0,16 0.99 −0.22 0.38
2010 0,74 0.98 −0.62 −0,32
2021 0,78 0.99 −0,71 −0,01
Mean 0,57 0.98 −0.36 −0.01
5206 2000 −0.26 0,98 0.06 0.40
2010 0,33 0.82 0.09 0.47
2021 0,66 0.96 0.17 0.57
Mean 0,36 0.83 0.13 0.36
5207 2000 −0.33 1,00 0.86 0.88
2010 −0.65 0.98 0.83 0.58
2021 −0.80 0.77 0.03 0.84
Mean −0.40 0.93 0.75 0.81
5208 2000 −0,35 0.96 0.40 0.12
2010 −0.64 0.60 0.86 −0.34
2021 −0.70 0.88 0.96 0.38
Mean −0.57 0.75 0.78 −0.02
5209 2000 0.12 0.96 0.10 0.22
2010 0.28 0.62 0.47 0.15
2021 0.19 0.88 0.81 −0.26
Mean 0.26 0.75 0.49 0.12

RTA, RC and RSCA Indices of Major Exporting Countries Source: Authors’ own calculation

HS Code Year RTA RC RSCA
US IN CN TR US IN CN TR US IN CN TR
5205 2000 0.09 23.22 −1.17 7.99 0.30 5.34 −0.37 1.67 −0.47 0.92 0.44 0.82
2010 0.92 15.30 −1.30 −0.87 2.28 5.01 −0.64 −0.25 0.01 0.88 0.19 0.50
2021 0.72 16.70 −2.89 0.39 2.48 5.90 −2.12 0.08 −0.12 0.89 −0.43 0.66
Mean 0.75 15.37 −2.14 1.26 2.05 5.09 −1.03 0.32 −0.09 0.98 0.11 0.61
5206 2000 −0.04 1.09 0.07 2.53 −0.08 5.11 0.03 1.53 −0.41 0.05 0.36 0.53
2010 0.27 0.69 −0.10 2.39 1.02 2.69 −0.04 1.42 −0.41 −0.15 0.43 0.52
2021 0.47 6.50 −0.01 3.79 1.96 4.09 −0.01 1.37 −0.30 0.74 0.15 0.67
Mean 0.41 1.68 −0.06 2.07 1.21 3.32 −0.02 1.10 −0.27 0.16 0.13 0.55
5207 2000 −0.49 98.68 0.17 1.71 −1.55 5.86 1.17 2.11 −0.77 0.98 −0.60 3.89
2010 −0.62 7.93 0.32 1.59 −1.29 4.80 2.10 1.65 −0.62 0.78 −0.47 3.94
2021 −0.67 0.24 −0.01 8.75 −1.50 2.55 −0.02 2.81 −0.68 −0.58 −0.31 18.62
Mean −0.30 29.15 0.31 3.88 −0.77 5.05 1.88 2.50 −0.44 0.35 −0.43 8.38
5208 2000 −0.11 8.73 2.53 1.86 −0.31 4.04 0.72 0.89 −0.52 0.80 9.87 0.52
2010 −0.16 2.67 4.36 −0.68 −1.08 1.84 2.47 −0.24 −0.85 0.52 9.52 0.43
2021 −0.36 5.31 3.41 0.96 −1.64 2.74 3.27 0.55 −0.84 0.70 7.08 0.39
Mean −0.17 4.27 3.57 0.50 −1.00 2.35 2.17 0.26 −0.75 0.62 8.72 0.44
5209 2000 0.40 5.85 0.22 4.93 0.66 4.17 0.07 1.10 −0.09 0.71 0.50 0.76
2010 0.43 1.91 1.59 4.55 1.04 1.93 0.91 0.82 −0.20 0.38 0.45 0.78
2021 0.26 4.95 1.94 0.25 0.85 3.09 1.97 0.04 −0.38 0.68 0.39 0.75
Mean 0.42 3.37 1.39 2.86 0.96 2.27 0.93 0.58 −0.20 0.55 0.44 0.75

Descriptive statistics for RSCA Source: Authors’ own calculation

HS code Period Mean Std Dev. Min Max Median
5205 2000-2004 0.42 0.40 −0.41 0.88 0.58
2017-2021 0.30 0.48 −0.44 0.89 0.29
5206 2000-2004 0.17 0.32 −0.45 0.48 0.41
2017-2021 0.30 0.35 −0.30 0.74 0.34
5207 2000-2004 0.92 1.90 −0.67 5.31 0.91
2017-2021 3.92 7.72 −0.68 19.31 −0.24
5208 2000-2004 2.23 3.52 −0.81 8.71 0.81
2017-2021 2.05 3.62 −0.88 8.88 0.51
5209 2000-2004 0.40 0.33 −0.19 0.75 0.48
2017-2021 0.30 0.48 −0.43 0.89 0.51
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