The Structural Analysis of Import Operations of Ukraine

Abstract

The article is concerned with researching theoretical provisions of features of import activity and analyzing the structural shifts of import operations with goods and services of Ukraine. The periodization of stages of development of foreign trade and advantages of application of trade principles is considered. The essence and conditions of implementing imports are defined. The theoretical provisions concerning the complex typology of varieties of import operations are generalized. The list of indicators characterizing import activity is provided. The bodies of regulation of arising contradictions between interests of foreign trade activity entities are indicated. The analysis of indicators of volumes of foreign trade with goods and services of Ukraine for 2000 – first 5 months of 2018 is carried out. Structural changes of goods import have been explored by commodity nomenclature, by broad economic categories (BEC) and by types of transportation, as well as their geographical segmentation. Statistical indices of volumes of import of services are analyzed in the context of types and the importing countries. Special attention is paid to the coefficients of export coverage of goods/services imports in the regional context. The results of regression analysis and several forecast models of import of goods and services of Ukraine up to 2020 are provided.

Keywords

• foreign trade
• imports
• classification
• Ukraine
• statistical accounting
• coefficient of coverage
• forecast