Competitive Power of Turkey’s Aquaculture Sector and Comparison with Other Leading Countries

Abstract

In the study, the production, foreign trade, and competitiveness of the countries, which have an important share in world aquaculture production, were examined. According to the 2019 data shows that Chine and Indonesia are the most important aquaculture producers in the world. The data set belonging to 2010-2019 was used in the research. In the study, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Vollrath Relative Export Advantage Index (RXA), Relative Trade Advantage Index (RTA), Relative Competitiveness Index (RC), Relative Import Advantage Index (RMA), and Trade Balance Index (TBI) indices were used. According to the index results, it is concluded that Turkey is advantaged in terms of fresh and chilled fish foreign trade competition. Turkey has an importer position in world frozen fish and other aquaculture trade.