Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Applied Fruit Science, cilt.67, sa.6, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
This study analyzes the export performance and competitive strength of 15 leading countries in the global strawberry trade during the period from 2009 to 2023 by using the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index. Strawberry is a high value-added agricultural product in terms of both fresh consumption and processed goods, and its global production has increased from 6,536,529 t to 10,485,454 t over the past 15 years. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database, China, the United States, Mexico, Türkiye, and Spain are among the largest producers, with China and the United States particularly standing out in terms of production efficiency. Analyses based on the RCA index show that countries such as Spain, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, and Greece possess a comparative advantage in strawberry exports, while Türkiye’s RCA values remained below 1 in most years, showing advantage only in certain periods. By presenting countries’ net export values, export-to-import coverage ratios, and year-over-year changes in a comparative manner, this study contributes to the literature by extending the RCA-based analysis of competitiveness in strawberry trade to a broader temporal and spatial context.