Evaluation of developments in world agricultural trade in terms of export competition of Turkish citrus sector

In this study, developments experienced in trade for agriculture and citrus markets are evaluated in the globalized world and profitability and competitiveness of products of citrus fruits, lemons and oranges were calculated.Within the scope of this research, based on 2009-2010 marketing period survey data, Policy Analyze Matrix and Revealed Comparative Advantage Index was created for the lemon and orange producers in Çukurova Region. In this context, the private and social profits of orange and lemon production were analyzed. From the analysis it was obtained that the private profit for lemon production is so low and for the orange production the private profit is negative. In addition, from the productivity coefficients calculated by the PAM approach it was obtained that both production is competitive but lemon production is more competitive than the orange production. As a result of the calculations, by the reference of the year 2009-2010 marketing period data, both orange and lemon production is sustainable in Çukurova Region in terms of social probability.