How sustainable is Türkiye's food import? A linearized almost ideal demand system estimation for food import elasticities

Turkmen-Ceylan, Fethiye B., Ertugrul, Hasan Murat, Baycan, İsmail Onur and Ulucan, Hakan (2025) How sustainable is Türkiye's food import? A linearized almost ideal demand system estimation for food import elasticities. Food and Energy Security, 14 (1). ISSN 2048-3694

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Abstract

This study examines the import demand for four key agricultural commodities—cereals, meat, sugar, and vegetable oils—in Türkiye, using a Linear Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model. Spanning the period from 1986 to 2020, the analysis focuses on these commodities as they constitute over 90% of Türkiye's food import budget. The results reveal significant long-run own-price elasticities, with vegetable oils and cereals being particularly sensitive to price changes, whereas the impact of price on meat and sugar imports is negligible. The study also highlights the limited role of income and exchange rates on import demand, except for sugar where the exchange rate has a significant but small positive effect. Short-run estimates indicate a heightened responsiveness of budget allocations for cereals and vegetable oils to price fluctuations, suggesting a persistent element in food import patterns over time. The findings underscore the essential nature of these commodities, with low own-price elasticity for cereals and vegetable oils, reflecting their status as necessities. In contrast, short-run elasticity results suggest that cereal imports may be viewed as a luxury, with the potential for domestic production to substitute imports. The study concludes that Türkiye's food security is increasingly vulnerable to global price fluctuations, particularly for vegetable oils, and calls for policies that stabilize exchange rates and inflation while enhancing domestic agricultural productivity to mitigate this risk.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available in FAOSTAT at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. These data were derived from publicly available resources in the domain, specifically: FAOSTAT, https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Funding information: Anadolu University Scientific Research Project. Grant Number: 1967; University of East Anglia
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Related URLs:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2025 15:30
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2025 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98561
DOI:	10.1002/fes3.70057

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