REGIONAL FEATURES OF FOREIGN TRADE IN AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
Ruslan MUDRAK
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Disposable Income ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Close Link

Introduction. The intensification of globalization processes that characterize the beginning of the new millennium has led to the emergence of supranational structures of regional and global scope. The deepening of Ukraine's integration into the international trading space causes new opportunities and threats. The relatively large size of the territory of Ukraine as a European state and its administrative structure causes a number of differences in the socio-economic development of its regions. Identifying regional differences in foreign trade in agri-food products and their causes is an urgent task of the study, given the leading role of the agro-industrial sector in Ukraine's foreign trade. The aim of the study is to identify regional differences of foreign trade in agri-food products and identify their causes. Results of work. The analysis results of foreign trade in agro-food products on the average for 2016-2018 by regions are given. It is determined that the four leading export regions are Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv and Vinnytsia, as they account for about 47,9 %. The regions were evaluated according to the following indicators: the volume of regional exports, the volume of production of cereals and legumes, the production of sunflower seeds. According to the results of the analysis, each region was assigned a corresponding rank, on the basis of the values of which the correlation coefficients of the regions ranks were calculated. It is determined that there is a close link between the region's place in the national agri-food export ratings and the production of cereals and legumes; and there is a median link between the region's place in the national agri-food export and sunflower seed ratings. Imports of agro-food products by regions are considered, where Kiev region is the absolute leader, which together with Odessa, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions have 64.5 % of all corresponding imports. The analysis of agro-food products import by groups of goods is presented. The regions ranking by import volumes of agri-food products and disposable income per person has been done. The obtained coefficient of correlation of ranks testifies to the average degree of relation close to high. Conclusions. It is proved that the differences in the volumes of crop production mainly cereals, legumes and sunflower are the basis for regional differentiation of agricultural food exports, which testifies to the raw nature of exports, stagnation of livestock and unsatisfactory development of the domestic food industry. Differentiation of imports of agro-industrial products is caused by the difference in income of the population by regions. Keywords: agro-food products, export, import, balance, production, raw materials, processing, disposable income.

scholarly journals Structural and regional features of the development of Russia’s agri-food exports

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
M. D. Goryachko ◽  
N. S. Leonenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
Balassa Index

The recent interest in the topic of agri-food exports is caused by investment activity in agriculture after 2014 and, as a consequence, the positive dynamics of the main indicators of the industry's development. Russia’s food exports has grown more than 15 times since the early 2000s, and the dozens of countries around the world buy this food. At the same time, there are structural and regional features that indicate the limited results achieved in foreign trade, but Russia’s agri-food exports are growing only at the expense of three categories of goods (grain, vegetable oil and fish) with a lower added value than by top-processed food products. It is noted that despite the large number of importing countries, only a few of them purchase significant volumes of Russia’s food. The aim of the study is to quantify the regional differences in the involvement of the territory in the export of food and agricultural raw materials. The assessment showed that most of the Russia’s regions are poorly involved in foreign trade, therefore more than half of all food exports belong to several regions that have a large seaport and produce one of the three main food products. Based on the assessment results, a typology of Russia’s regions is presented according to the criterion of involvement in Russia’s export of agricultural products, taking into account the characteristics of exported products (upper, middle or lower processing). The results obtained make it possible to assess the real export activity of the agroindustrial sector of the regions and the potential for its increase in the future. To calculate the dynamics and regional distribution of Russia’s food exports we used the database of the Federal Customs Service of Russia (HS codes 01-24). In the article, we also calculated the Balassa index and the export diversification index, modified for analyzing the involvement of Russia’s regions in the export of agricultural products.

scholarly journals Transformation of foreign commerce of Ukraine: realities, problems, perspectives

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Foreign Commerce

The paper analyzes transformations of foreign trade in goods of Ukraine in 2000-2017. The choice of the study period is due to the fact that the "recovery" and the gradual growth of the Ukrainian economy after the long crisis of the 1990s has began since 2000. Ukraine had a mostly negative foreign commercial balance (except for 2000-2004 and 2015); generally balanced foreign trade; dangerous import dependency ratio; extremely economy openness index; the high exports ratio in 2000-2017. The volumes of export, imports and foreign commercial turnover had unstable dynamics with negative trends in 2008-2009 and 2013-2015. Base metals and their ware; plant products; animal or plant fats and oils were prevailed in the export component of the foreign commerce; mineral products; machines, equipment and mechanisms, electric and technical equipment; products of chemical and derivative industries were dominant in the structure of import in 2017. The export was characterized by increase in the share of products of the primary sector (due to crop production) and decrease in the secondary sector (due to metallurgy, machine building, chemical and textile industry) during 2001-2017. The import was characterized by decrease in the share of raw materials and increase in the share of all other goods during the mentioned period. Commodity structure of foreign trade became more proportional, without a highly dominant product. The Russian Federation, Poland, Turkey, Italy, India were the key partners in the export of goods, while those ones in the import were the Russian Federation, China, Germany, Poland, Belarus. The key partners remained during 2001-2017 (the Russian Federation, Poland, Turkey, Italy, China, Germany were key partner in export; In the import - the Russian Federation, Germany, Poland, Belarus, the USA, Italy were key partner in import. Despite the drastic decrease in trade relations with the Russian Federation, it remains the largest partner in the Ukrainian foreign commerce. Among the regions of the world, the largest trading partner of Ukraine in recent years is Europe with relevant reduction of CIS countries in the common share. It is necessary to provide a set of measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of export activity and import substitution in the certain sectors of the economy to balance foreign commerce of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Performance of Agriculture Sector in Foreign Trade of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Gulzar Ali ◽  
Ghulam Mustafa ◽  
Said Zamin Shah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Agricultural Exports ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Private And Public

The vigorous and dynamic expansion and technical progression of the agriculture productivity pave the way to considerable achievements in providing raw materials to the industrial sector and fulfilling domestic demand. The agriculture sector has an imperative role in poverty reduction, growth, increased employment opportunities and increasing foreign exchange reserves through exportable agricultural products. In short, agriculture is the backbone of economic stability and development in the country. This study is an attempt to investigate the performance of the agriculture sector and its impact on Pakistans foreign trade. The findings of the study revealed the affirmative and noteworthy role of the agriculture sector in the foreign trade of Pakistan during 1980-2017. The policymakers and government of Pakistan should encourage private and public investors for agriculture investment to enhance the production and agricultural exports.

Development of foreign trade in agricultural products and foodstuffs of Belarus by the degree of processing of goods

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
N. V. Karpovich ◽  
E. P. Makutsenya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
High Level ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Level Of Processing

The structure of world trade in agricultural products and food is analyzed based on the degree of processing of goods. A comparative assessment of the export and import of agro-food products of Belarus is given in the context of the increasing role of products with a high degree of processing of raw materials. The main commodity positions of the country in export and import are presented, systematized into 3 groups – unprocessed products, goods with partial processing and goods with a high level of processing.

scholarly journals Prospects for foreign trade in agri-food products between Ukraine and Asian countries

Ekonomika APK ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 318 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Bohdan Dukhnytskyi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the article is to analyze the indicators of foreign trade in agri-food products between Ukraine and Asian countries, to assess the potential of its development with taking into account latest trends in the world agricultural market. Research methods. Methods used: theoretical generalization - for characterizing the production and foreign trade of agri-food products in Asian countries, analysis and synthesis - for considering the dynamics and commodity structure of mutual agricultural trade between Ukraine and Asian countries, general studying an agricultural system of the region, comparative evaluation - for forming ratings of the largest exporters and importers of food among Asian countries, finding differences between domestic exports of agricultural products and imports of Asia, and vice versa, graphical and tabular - for optimizing the visual displaying of research results. Research results. The current export and import of agri-food products by Asian countries are considered, the main trade representatives of the region are identified, the crucial role of Asia in the formation of global food supply is analyzed, the current state of Ukraine's agricultural trade with Asian countries is studied, an overall assessment of its development potential was made, based on the latest trends in the global market and possible using of agreements on the functioning of free trade zones between the partners. Scientific novelty. Asian countries have been researched out separately as Ukraine's foreign trade partners in terms of agri-food products, including the most important players in exports and imports, analytical information has been provided taking into account the impact of the pandemic and the signing of a new interregional trade agreement. Practical significance. The provisions of the article are aimed at informing domestic exporters and importers of agricultural raw materials and ready food products about the possibilities of entering, consolidating and necessary purchases in Asian markets, as well as public authorities that directly influence decisions on international trade liberalization. Tabl.: 6. Figs.: 1. Refs.: 15.

scholarly journals Forecasting the Main Indicators of Food Security of Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 4637-4642 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Low Level

In the context of current geopolitical events, accurate and correct forecasting of food security and provision becomes highly relevant for solving managerial tasks and making management decisions under modern conditions. This article reviews the main trends in the field of food security, forecasts its key indicators, and identifies the main problems and directions for the development of food security in the Russian Federation. Indicators in the field of food independence, production, and consumption are analyzed. Forecasts of gross collection of vegetables and melons, cultivated areas, imports of food and agricultural raw materials, and consumer price index for food products are presented. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research includes both general and specific scientific methods for assessing the level of food security, as well as methods of economic and statistical analysis, extrapolation methods, modeling and forecasting of time series, adaptive forecasting methods, and factorial analysis. The main problems and threats to food security are identified, including the low level of real income of the population, low share of highly processed products in exports, continuing effect of Western sanctions, low level of innovation and technological development of the agro-industrial sector, etc.. The following measures to improve state regulation of food security have been determined: to increase the economic and physical access to food, to develop the capacity of the agro-industrial complex in the production and scientific and technical fields, to introduce modifications to the Food Security Doctrine, to implement innovative technologies in crop production and to increase its efficiency, to increase the share of companies engaged in organic farming, etc

scholarly journals Analysis of external and internal influences on CR agrarian foreign trade

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 422-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vološin ◽  
L. Smutka ◽  
R. Selby
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
Market Liberalisation ◽  
Varied Composition ◽  
Competitive Nature

The agrarian sector has a non-substitutable position in most world economics – including the CR. From the viewpoint of functioning of own agrarian trade it can be stated that the CR is roughly self-sufficient by 70–80% in products of a competitive nature. In case of products of a non-competitive nature, the CR shows almost zero self-sufficiency. It means that agrarian foreign trade occupies a non-substitutable position in the CR economy (at least from the export point of view). In the light of our own trade flows, the CR performs as an active exporter and importer (about 100 billion and 130 billion CZK respectively, in 2009). However, together with the still growing needs of the national economy and the inhabitants’ requirements for a varied composition of agri‑food products, the CR does not succeed in the long term to decrease the negative balance of the agrarian foreign trade. It is, however, indisputable that if a serious discussion should be held about the competitiveness of Czech agriculture in confrontation with foreign producers or suppliers of agricultural and food products, the priority task to reach a balanced agrarian foreign trade balance can be accepted only for the competitive products segment. The complexity of a greater participation of the basic Czech agricultural and food products on the EU unified market deepens simultaneously with the acceleration of the liberalisation process on this market. The gradual process of the world agrarian market liberalisation then means that the cost and price relationships are determined by such world producers as are able to offer agrarian products for the most advantageous prices, or offer goods of exceptional quality, with a high added value, brand products, national specialties and so on. Potentially, the space for improvement of the active balance of agrarian foreign trade (AFT) is given to us in much the same way as to our competitors, but actually, our possibilities are limited. The stagnation or even growth of the negative AFT balance was, and is influenced by non-substitutable imports of non-competitive food raw materials and foodstuff products and many other raw materials required by the non-agricultural sectors of the national economy.

scholarly journals Development of Intra-industry Trade as a Measure of Competitiveness of the Polish Food Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Iwona Szczepaniak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Differentiated Products ◽  
Intensity Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Of Processing

This article aims at analysing the significance of the intra-industry trade in the Polish foreign trade in agri-food products and assessment of the competitiveness of the Polish food sector on this basis. The analysis uses, first of all, the index introduced by Grubel and Lloyd (hereinafter referred to as GL index), which is a commonly used indicator of intra-industry trade intensity and one of the measures of international competitiveness. The analysis showed that in the period of Poland’s membership in the European Union the foreign trade in agri-food products noted a significant boost and the competitive position of Polish food producers improved on the international scale. At the same time, the intensity level of intra-industry trade in these products increased considerably. In 2001-2011, the importance of intra-industry trade in the Polish agri-food trade increased by over 14 percentage points. Consequently, in 2011 almost 50% of the trade in agri-food products was intra-industry trade. A predominant part of this exchange was horizontal intra-industry trade, including trade in goods differentiated in respect to a given industry that were relatively highly processed and showed a high level of substitutability between each other. The intra-industry trade in differentiated products of lower level of processing was less intensive. These products included agricultural raw materials and homogeneous products. Moreover, as regards the food sector a quite significant part was played by vertical intra-industry trade, including re-export, i.e. export of finished goods manufactured form raw materials imported from other climate zones. The growing intensity level of intra-industry trade in agri-food products is one of the markers of high competitiveness of the Polish food producers.

scholarly journals Features of agro-food chains formation in foreign markets

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
O.O. Varchenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Trade Balance ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Food Chains ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Food Supply Chains

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the formation of agri-food chains in foreign markets and the calculation of value added losses in export-import operations of agri-food. It is established that the share of the agricultural sector in the GDP of Ukraine is 10.2% at the lowest value added per employee 4801.4 dollars. USA. It is estimated that in 2010–2019, in the structure of Ukraine's exports, agricultural products provided 19% of foreign exchange earnings in 2011 and 40% in 2019, which is evidence of the strengthening of export positions of the studied sector of the economy in foreign markets. It was revealed that in 2019 the share of agri-food products was 44.3%, or 22.2 billion dollars. US, or increased by 19% compared to 2018, while total exports from the country during this period increased by only 6%. It is determined that in the structure of exports of agri-food products the share of plant products is 58%, and in the commodity structure of exports the largest share falls on cereals - 74%, as well as oilseeds - 20%. It is concluded that the export of agricultural food in 2010–2019 is formed by raw materials, while the value added of processed products - sunflower oil, poultry meat - is higher than that of grain. Threats to the functioning of agri-food supply chains to foreign markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and government actions of the world and Ukraine to ensure food security are systematized. It is substantiated that the structure of Ukraine's foreign trade is rational, as raw materials predominate in supplies to foreign markets, and technically complex products dominate in the structure of imports. It is estimated that the foreign trade balance of goods and services in 2019 is negative in the amount of 3.7 billion dollars, but improved by 2.5 billion dollars. relative to the 2018 figure. It is substantiated that in order to achieve a positive value of the foreign trade balance of Ukraine it is necessary to stimulate the development of food industries, ie products with high added value. It is analyzed that the increase in exports of agricultural raw materials leads to a shortfall in value added, and, consequently, the state budget loses significant revenues in the form of value added tax (processed agricultural products are subject to VAT on its exports), tax on profit, export duty (rate 18%, for the export of live farm animals). It was found that the value structure of agricultural imports is dominated by the group of "finished food products" (45%); the second position of agri-food imports is occupied by products of plant origin, the share of which is 31%; third - products of animal origin, whose share in the structure of imports is about 18%. It is suggested that state support instruments, such as VAT refunds, should only be used to stimulate high value-added industries. Key words: agri-food supply chains, export, import, foreign markets, value added.

Problems of ensuring metrological traceability of measurement results of indicators of quality for food products and food raw materials

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Mariya Y. Medvedevskikh ◽  
Anna S. Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Reference Materials ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Metrological Traceability ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Measurement Results

The article raises the problem of ensuring metrological traceability of the measurement results of indicators of quality and nutritional value for food products and food raw materials: water (moisture), nitrogen (protein, crude protein), fat, ash and carbohydrates. The problem under consideration can be solved by applying reference materials of food composition, traceable to state primary measurement standards GET 173-2017 and GET 176-2019 and primary reference measurement procedures (PRMP), for attestation of measurement procedures and accuracy checking of measurement results. The article discusses the results of the PRMP development of mass fraction of fat, ash and carbohydrates in food products and food raw materials, as well as mass fraction of crude fat (oil content) in oil crops seeds and products based on them. The paper also presents metrological characteristics of reference materials of composition of dry dairy products, grain-milk dry porridges for nutrition of babies, grain dry porridges for nutrition of babies, egg powder, freeze-dried meat products, animal feed. The results of the work allow for building a chain of metrological traceability from GET 173-2017, GET 176-2019 and PRMP to routine measurement procedures, thereby ensuring the uniformity of measurements of nutritional value of food products.

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