Competitiveness Analysis of Textile Industry of Turkey: Revealed Comparative Advantage Approach

The study aimed to analyze and evaluate the competitiveness of the Turkish textile industry, using the revealed comparative advantage approach, to identify the opportunities and threats that the textile industry faces in global markets. The paper compared the major countries in the textile industry, such as India, China, Vietnam, Turkey, and the United States during the 2010–2019 time series, using Balassa’s “revealed comparative advantage” (RCA) approach. The findings revealed that the amount of exports is insufficient for determining an industry’s competitiveness; in the instance of Turkish textile products, the RCA value is greater than 1, indicating that the country has a comparative advantage. As a consequence of the comparison, Turkey came in third place, after Pakistan and Vietnam, and ahead of the United States, China, Hong Kong, India, and South Korea, with RCA values ranging from 1 to 1.3 between 2010 and 2019, indicating a positive trend in the industry's competitiveness.