ROLE OF TURKISH EXPORTERS’ ASSOCIATIONS IN TOTAL EXPORT OF TURKEY

Abstract

While the importance of international trade in the modern world economy is increasing day by day, the change and development process, starting especially in the 2000s, has enabled not only the companies but also the states to develop new strategies in reaching their long term export targets. While the states turn towards many areas such as production of value added products and signing of bilateral free trade agreements to increase their export potential, Exporters’ Associations established with the intention of developing international trade have gained a great importance in recent years. While there are many studies made specifically on the impact of export promotion institutions in the world literature, a similar work has not been done in Turkey. It is aimed to fill this gap in the literature with this study, and hence the structure and mechanism of Exporters Unions have been examined and also the Turkish steel industry is scrutinized in order to investigate its role in the total exports of Turkey. The period before and after 2005 is examined, which is the year of foundation of Steel Exporters Association, and its activities between 2005 and 2017 and its role in total exports of Turkey are observed

Keywords

• Turkish Exporters Associations,Total Exports of Turkey,International Trade,Export,Steel

TÜRK İHRACATÇI BİRLİKLERİNİN TÜRKİYE TOPLAM İHRACATINDAKİ ROLÜ

Abstract

Modern dünya ekonomisinde uluslararası ticaretin önemi her geçen gün artarken özellikle 2000’li yıllarda başlayan değişim ve gelişim süreci sadece firmaların değil devletlerinde uzun vadeli ihracat hedeflerine ulaşmalarında yeni stratejiler geliştirmelerine imkân sağlamıştır. Devletler ihracat potansiyellerini artırmada katma değerli ürün üretimi, ikili serbest ticaret antlaşmalarının imzalanması gibi birçok konuya yönelirken, uluslararası ticaretin geliştirilmesi amacıyla ihracatı geliştirme ajansları son yıllarda büyük önem kazanmıştır. Dünya literatüründe ihracatı destekleme kurumlarının etkileri özelinde birçok çalışma yapılmışken, Türkiye’de benzer bir çalışmaya yer verilmemiştir. Bu çalışma ile literatürde yer alan bu boşluk doldurulmak istenip İhracatçı Birliklerinin yapısı ve işleyişi incelenmiş ve Türkiye toplam ihracatındaki rolünün araştırılması amacıyla da Türk Çelik sektörü mercek altına alınmıştır. Çelik İhracatçıları Birliğinin kurulduğu yıl olan 2005 yılı öncesi ve sonrasındaki dönem incelenmiş ve birliğin 2005-2017 yılları arasında yaptığı faaliyetler ile Türkiye toplam ihracatındaki rolü gözlemlenmiştir

Keywords

• İhracatçı Birlikleri,Türkiye Toplam İhracatı,Uluslararası Ticaret,İhracat,Çelik

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