Selected problems of the Slovak foreign agri-food trade

Abstract

The foreign agri-food trade has showed an unsuitable development for the Slovak Republic during the 1999-2001s. The negative balance for the competitive commodities is increasing. These are the commodities for the production of which the SR has suitable natural conditions. The contribution deals with the selected competitive commodities in the kilogram prices. The study shows the decreasing tendency of kilogram prices in import and the increasing tendency in export. Higher export price is the consequence of the higher value added and thus also higher revenues.

Keywords

• kilogram prices
• agri-food commodities
• foreign trade