The effects of developments in Turkey's logistics sector on export performance (1997-2022)

The concept of competition, which is rapidly gaining importance in international markets, and the effective transfer of products, services, labor and know-how have become a criterion that provides a positive impact on the market in which businesses are located. Therefore, in the competitive market, the improvements that enterprises will make in their logistics practices in supply chain management and foreign trade activities will provide them with great advantages. The positive developments in the logistics sector have been the main factor of the impact of the logistics sector on the development of export volume. In this study, the effects of developments in Turkey's logistics sector on Turkey's export performance are investigated. The period between 1997 and 2022 is considered in the study and export volume, transportation warehousing investments, gross fixed capital investments, number of logistics centers, total number of vehicles in transportation modes and sea-land freight volumes are used as logistics sector variables. ARDL bounds test and causality test under VAR were used as methods. As a result of the study, it is concluded that gross fixed capital investments, total number of vehicles in transportation modes and the number of logistics centers have a positive effect on export performance, which is the dependent variable. Long-run effects have been identified and the results of the causality test analysis under VAR are analyzed and interpreted in detail in the fourth section of the study. Keywords: Logistics Sector, Export, Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Test, Vector Autoregressive Model.