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Accessing to global markets and gaining a larger
share from global trade is one of the most important factors that
will accelerate the economic development of countries, and this is
becoming more difficult under increasing competition conditions.
On the other hand, due to the fact that the steel sector is the main
input of many sectors such as automotive, construction, white
goods and machinery production and is a strategically important
sector, international competition has become more difficult
especially with the increasing protectionism and tariffs which
have increased in recent years. As a consequence of the high
customs tariffs implemented by the US as a result of section 232
investigations, exports to the US have ceased to be attractive and
countries searching for new markets. As a result of this, the EU
has taken a safeguard measures in order to protect the steel
sector and has started to implement quota on a country basis. In
case of a country exceeds the quota, EU will start to implement a
tariff of 25% and in this circumstance international competition
for the Turkish steel sector has become more difficult. With this
study, it is expected to have a scientific contribution to Turkish
steel sector. Thus, in order to increase exports in the steel sector,
this study determines international target markets among twenty
alternatives based on AHP considering three main criteria and
twenty sub-criteria. Computational analysis shows that USA,
China and India are the first three international target markets
for Turkish steel sector.
International Iron & Steel Symposium
UDCS
Merve Bayata
Mehmet KABAK
Fulya Altıparmak
Value-added is an important term which indicates the efficiency level of economic
activities. Valueadded term describes the difference between the value of produced goods and the
total cost of production. Some areas related to value-added manufacturing are pharmaceuticals,
automotive, computer and communications equipment manufacturing, aviation, etc. To develop a
value-added product some inputs are needed. Some of these inputs are energy, labor force and
research and development activities. The main aim of this study is to present a benchmarking
analysis of 29 OECD countries in views of value-added manufacturing values. To do so, an output
oriented BCC model is used to evaluate efficiency of countries and obtained results of the analysis
provide some improvement ways for countries and their position against the other countries.
International Data Science & Engineering Symposium
IDSES
Billur ECER
Ahmet AKTAŞ
Mehmet KABAK