The Comparative Analysis of Some Forest Products Foreign Trade in Turkey

Türkiye’deki Bazı Orman Ürünleri Dış Ticaretinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi

Abstract

Forest products industry has an important place in the international trade. The round wood obtained from forests is an input for a great deal of industry. These inputs bring with different costs in different countries. In some places a product which is costly, it is possible that the same product is cheaper in different places. As a result of cost difference of resources and materials, mutual trades with countries come to the fore.In this study, the foreign trade values of some forest products obtained from FAOSTAT database examined with the format of specific subgroups. These subgroups cover wood-based panels, round woods, wood pulps and paper and paperboards. Between 2005-2014 years, the value proportion of forest products subgroups in the Turkey general foreign trade is scrutinized and visualized with the graphs. Yearly foreign trade balance also given for each groups with tables. Wood-based panels’ rate of exports meeting imports is higher than other subgroups. Generally, the leadership of foreign trade volume is paper and paperboard subgroup. The year 2014, foreign trade volume of paper and paperboard subgroup’s is recorded as 2,6 billion dollar, wood-based panel subgroup’s is 1,1 billion dollar. In point of export value, wood-based panels subgroup has a supremacy than other subgroups.

Özet

Uluslararası ticarette orman ürünleri endüstrisi önemli bir yere sahiptir. Ormanlardan elde edilen yuvarlak odun işlenerek pek çok endüstri için girdi olabilmektedir. Bu girdiler farklı ülkelerde farklı maliyetleri de beraberinde getirmektedir. Bazı bölgelerde maliyeti fazla olan bir ürün başka bir yerde daha ucuz olabilmektedir. Kaynakların ve malzemelerin maliyetlerinin farklı olması da ülkeler arasında karşılıklı ticareti beraberinde getirmektedir.