EN
The European CMEA countries pose before their trade exchange in the field of textiles and garments a task to supply net hard currency funds in trade with the Soviet Union and highly-industrialized Western countries. This factor predetermines, to a large degree, the socondary function performed by trade as a source of enriching the supply of domestic markets. Increase of / trade exchange among the LMtA countries above the balance indications is restricted by existing barriers. A major barrier to trade increase is the system of cooperation based on coordination of economic Pi ans, which was developed still in the fifties. In order to increase more substantially trade in textiles arid garments among the CMEA countries it is necessary to introduce new forms of cooperation.