Abstract

This study analyzed the market price dynamics of farmed fish using a price index in Turkey. A specific “Price Index” incorporating the leading aquaculture species produced by Turkish aquaculture, has been calculated for a five-year period spanning from 2016 to 2020. The empirical analysis is based on 60-month price and quantity data of chosen aquaculture species traded in a major wholesale fish market. Calculated prize index clearly indicates the noticeable effects of unusual economic and market dynamics on farmed fish prices. The significant increase in prices of agricultural inputs including aquafeed, electricity, fuel, maintenance of materials, and maintenance of buildings, as well as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, are the major factors influencing upward changes in price index. The “Turkish Aquaculture Price Index” is a practical tool that uses numerical expressions to reflect the periodic increase or decrease in the price of the aquaculture product commodity and makes significant contributions to understanding the price patterns and factors that have a cointegrated relation with the price changes in aquaculture market.

摘要

本研究使用土耳其的价格指数分析了养殖鱼类的市场价格动态。计算了 2016 年至 2020 年五年期间土耳其水产养殖生产的主要水产养殖品种的具体“价格指数”。实证分析基于在土耳其交易的选定水产养殖品种的 60 个月价格和数量数据一个主要的鱼批发市场。计算出的价格指数清楚地表明了异常的经济和市场动态对养殖鱼价格的显着影响。水产饲料、电力、燃料、材料维护和建筑物维护等农业投入品价格的大幅上涨，以及 2020 年 Covid-19 大流行的影响，是影响价格指数向上变化的主要因素。