Özet:

Grape is most important fruit in Turkey. The grape is cultivated in thousand 461 ha and the production is 3,650 thousand tons in 2015. Major grape growing regions are Aegean, the Mediterranean, southeast and western Anatolia and eastern Marmara. Total export of grapes from Turkey was 570.4 million dollars in 2015. The aim of this study is to determine the competitiveness level of Turkey’s in grape export. The study calculated Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index and Vollrath’s indices. The data were obtained from database Intretantional Trade Centre. The study covers the period 2001-2015. According to the results, Turkey has a comparative advantage in grape export. To improve the competitiveness of Turkey in grape trade should pay attention to the quality, brand and promotion.

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