Competitiveness of chief producers of plant raw materials in intra-EU trade

• Authors: Pawlak K.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper was to assess the competitive position of the most important producers of plant raw materials in the intra-EU trade in 2004 and 2008. The analysis covered such product groups as cereals, oil seeds, fruit and vegetable. The competitiveness was assessed with the use of a selected set of quantitative measures of international competitive position. Moreover, the shares of the studied countries in the EU trade were assessed as well as the relative intensity of plant raw materials export from each country.

Keywords

EN

competitiveness; producer; plant raw material; comparative advantage; export; import; European Union; trade; product group; cereal; oil seed; fruit; vegetable

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10(25)
• Issue: 3
• Physical description: p.69-78,ref.

Contributors

author

Pawlak K.

• Department of Economics and Economic Management in Agribusiness, University of Life Sciences in Poznan, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, Poland