Analysis of Foreign Trade in Goods of Zaporizhzhia Region in 2013–2018

Abstract

The article examines and analyzes the volumes of foreign trade in goods of Zaporizhzhia Region in 2013-2018. The time when the region had the largest and lowest volumes of exported and imported goods, as well as the highest and lowest growth rates of these volumes during the researched period, are identified. The geographical structure of the foreign trade in goods of Zaporizhzhia Region is analyzed. The authors determine which countries are the largest importers of goods from the region and from which countries the region imports goods the most. The main groups of goods that are exported and imported by Zaporizhzhia Region in trade with foreign countries are identified. Changes in the volumes of exports and imports of goods from the EU and the CIS countries in 2018 compared to 2013 are clarified. The role of these countries in the geographical structure of foreign trade in goods of the region is defined. The dynamics of changes in trade volumes of the region and Ukraine as a whole in recent years are examined, and the main reasons for these changes are identified, namely: the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Community on nuclear energy and their Member States, on the other hand; beginning of Russian military aggression against Ukraine in 2014. The need to diversify the geographical structure of exports and imports of the region and the country as a whole is substantiated. The main areas of assistance on the part of the State to local companies regarding their entering new markets are defined.

Keywords

• foreign trade
• exports
• imports
• goods
• diversification of geographical structure
• sales market