ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN TRADE STRUCTURE OF TURKISH FURNITURE INDUSTRY

Abstract

Furniture industry is one of the most important sub-sectors of the manufacturing industry. Furniture industry is growing rapidly with development of the construction sector and increasing usage of furniture. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of the furniture industry in Turkey's foreign trade. 2000-2015 period was used in this study. Two methods were used in this study. Firstly, intra-industry trade structure of the furniture industry was analyzed. Secondly, competitiveness of the furniture industry was analyzed. As a result, trade in the furniture industry was seen that the form of intra-industry trade in this study. Also, intra-industry trade is in the form of low-quality vertical intra-industry trade. As a result of the competitive analysis, it was observed that increase as year in the furniture industry.