The Import Dependency of Intermediate Input and Final Demand in the MINT Countries: Input-Output Analysis

In the world, with the liberalisation of foreign trade, there have been rapid developments occurred in international trade. One of the most important factors of these developments is the use of imported intermediate input in production. In this context, the interdependencies of global markets, especially for developing countries, have increased. MINT countries, which known as developing countries, are also important which are integrated into international trade. With this context, the main purpose of the study is analyses to import dependency of both intermediate input and final demand in the MINT countries. Also, the import dependency of total export is analysed for sectors. In this study, the import dependency is analysed with input-output models. In this purpose the national input-output table, which in the OECD database, are used. According to results, it is determined that import dependency is high in the capital-intensive sectors, especially in the manufacturing industry in the MINT countries. Also, it was determinedthat import dependency is low in the labour-intensive and low-tech sectors.