Analysis of the international competitiveness of the Turkish jewelry industry

One of the most important concepts in global economic relations is competition. Competition creates a fundamental rotation in economic relations both in national and international markets with the effect of globalization. It is important to measure competitiveness in these dynamic relationships created by competition. The fact that a country has a competitive advantage in a field directly affects its right to speak in that field in the global market. The jewelry industry has recently become one of the most important exporting industries of Turkey. In our study, it is aimed to measure the competitive power of the Turkish jewelry industry on a global scale. International competitiveness of the Turkish jewelry industry was analyzed according to the revealed comparative advantage approach based on the post-trade data of the sector between 2009-2019. In addition, the study was supported by using other major competitiveness measurement methods. The sector does not have a clear competitive advantage on overall basis.. However, the subgroup to which the sector exports the most is gold jewelry and the sector has a competitive advantage in the subgroup of gold jewelry.