Abstract:

Industrialization and export-based growth are very important in the development of emerging economies. In parallel, metropolitan cities have a positive effect on exports with high population density and advanced industrialization. Accordingly, in this study, the export performances of metropolitan cities in Turkey in 2022 was examined using integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods and 30 metropolitan cities were ranked based on their export performances. Initially, five criteria which was affecting export performance were determined by using the relevant literature. These criteria are as follows: the export numbers of metropolitans in 2022, the number of countries exported, the number of exported sectors, the number of exporting companies and the areas covered by warehouses in metropolitan (m2). Then, the evaluation of the export performances of metropolitans were conducted by using CRITIC-based MULTIMOORA-WASPAS methods. The criteria weights were calculated by CRITIC method. Following this, the export performance of metropolitans was ranked by MULTIMOORA and WASPAS methods. The findings indicated that İstanbul, Kocaeli, İzmir and Hatay have the highest export performance during the period of 2022. On the other hand, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Ordu, Van and Erzurum have the lowest export performance in 2022.

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