Comparative Advantage of Textiles and Clothing: Evidence for Bangladesh, China, Germany and Turkey

摘要: In this study, the comparative advantage of four countries in world: Bangladesh, China, Germany and Turkey is analysed with respect to US EU-15 textiles clothing markets by employing Balassa’s revealed (RCA) index for period 2000-2010. This country selection was made because all these rank top ten textile exporters world they represent economies from different income levels. The results have that China a strong both world, EU-15, while has no significant any markets. findings show Bangladesh industry substantially higher three compared other countries. It also been found Turkish strongest markets, whereas Chinese indicates slightly increasing trend aforementioned