AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SLOVAK AGRI-FOOD TRADE SPECIALISATION PATTERN

• Authors: Drabik Dušan , Bartová Ľubica
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses the agri-food trade specialization pattern in Slovakia prior to and after its accession to the European Union in the period 2000 - 2005. The most competitive Slovak agri-food commodities in trade with the examined trade groupings were consumer-oriented products. Degree of agri-food trade specialization dropped over the period for all most important markets. At the same time, Slovakia did not maintain positions of the most competitive commodities; however, it improved positions of a number of previously uncompetitive ones. After 2004, the dynamics of previously rigid trade specialization with the EU-15 and the New Member States of the 2004 EU enlargement accelerated. This is likely to lead to convergence of Slovak trade specialization dynamics across trade partners/groupings.

Keywords

EN

AGRI-FOOD TRADE; EU ENRLARGEMENT; SLOVAK TRADE SPECIALIZATION

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-20
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Drabik Dušan

• Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic

author

Bartová Ľubica

• Dusan Drabik, Slovenska polnohospodarska univerzita v Nitre, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic; http://www.ec.sav.sk; http:// www.ceeol.com

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA06119