Trends in the evolution of Turkish foreign trade and its impact on economic growth for the period (1990 - 2009)

Abstract

Foreign trade is the base engine for economic growth for countriesin the world, whether developed or developing, it has expandedamong those countries, especially ‡مafter the emergence of economicblocs and the World Trade Organization, where you can not beisolated from each other in two essential aspects: first, export thesurplus production of capital goods, intermediate and primary andconsumer goods to other countries, and import of capital goods andintermediate to contribute to the economic growth of the Section ofthem, as well as ‡مthe importation of consumer goods for the needs ofthe growing domestic demand, including especially the developingcountries, as the research aims to identify trends in the evolution ofTurkish foreign trade and economic growth during the period (1990 -2009), based on the research hypothesis that there is evolution in theforeign trade total Turkish as well as ‡مon the evolution of componentsof the Commodity Structure of Foreign Trade of Turkey as a structureexports, particularly manufactured goods and the structure of importsparticularly of capital goods and agricultural and industrial, has beenthe adoption of the method of analysis of descriptive and quantitativethrough the collection and tabulation of data and information onTurkish foreign trade by relying on official sources.