Abstract:

TR72 region covers Kayseri, Sivas and Yozgat provinces. The Region’s socioeconomic development level is below the average in Turkey. Kayseri province plays a leading role in the region’s foreign trade. Kayseri’s exports increased by 5 times and it’s imports increased 4,1 times between 2002-2013. In this period, Kayseri’s foreign trade deficit increased continuously. Manufacturing export is located in the first place within Kayseri, Sivas and Yozgat’s exports. Mining and quarrying industry exports are located in the first place within Sivas’ export. As of the year 2013, the number of exporting firms operating in the region 1126, the 710 is the number of importing companies. By the same year, Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat have been exported to respectively 172, 73, 27 countries. The most exported product groups from Kayseri, Sivas and Yozgat respectively are furniture, mining and quarrying products, food and beverage products

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