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Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is a regional organization established in 1985 by Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. In 1992, ECO was expanded to include seven new members, namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The basic purpose of this study is to analyze the comparative advantages of Turkey in the ECO region. To reveal comparative advantage of Turkey, the SITC classification, the Revealed Comparative Advantage Index, the Grubel-Lloyd Index, and the Export Similarity Index were used. According to SITC classification, Turkey’s trade with the ECO region has got comparative advantage in some sectors. These sectors are “animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes”; “machinery and transport equipment”; “beverages and tobacco”; “miscellaneous manufactured articles”; “chemicals and related products”; and “food and live animals”. On the other hand, Turkey does not have comparative advantage in “food and live animals” and “mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials” sectors. Turkey’s comparative advantage in “manufactured goods classified chiefly by material” is in the marginal limits. In trade between Turkey and the ECO region, intra-industry trade is done in only two sectors. These are “food and live animals” and “manufactured goods classified chiefly by material”. In all other sectors, trade is maintained in the form of inter-industry trade. Within the ECO region, Turkey’s export structure is very similar to Pakistan’s export structure

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