The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ceramic Industry

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, negatively affecting many sectors especially health and economy. This pandemic, which occurred in the 21st century, has spread to wider geographical regions, unlike other epidemics. The globalization of economic activities and the fact that trade relations are affected by the epidemic are valid for all countries of the world. The aim of the study; Evaluation of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the ceramic industry in the world and in Turkey. From statistical data; TradeMap; based on the changes in export-import data with the code of GTİP 69- 6907-6910, the effects of the pandemic in the ceramic industry were revealed. While it has been observed that the production, export and import activities of many countries in the ceramic industry have been negatively affected, it has been revealed that Turkey has increased the export of the ceramic industry during the pandemic.