The Export Potential of Uzbekistan in the International Market of Agricultural and Foodstuff Products

MSc. Akhmadjon Ortikov

Disertační práce

Abstract:

This thesis provides the analysis of Uzbek foreign trade in agricultural products and foodstuffs from the following points of view: international competitiveness and the trade balance of the country. The main goal of the paper is identification of changes in agricultural trade character. Changes in commodity structure are specified and individual changes are explained. The comparative advantages are analyzed in relation to different groups of countries (Asian countries, European Union, other European countries, and developing countries). Both agrarian trade competitiveness and territorial and commodity structure changes are analyzed from the perspective of the last 20 years (1995-2015). Agrarian trade commodity structure is analyzed based on standard Harmonized System (HS 01 – HS 24). The basic source of data for the analysis is UN COMTRADE. The analyses are done through the application of the following methods: Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage, respectively Lafay Index, Trade balance index and also the “Product mapping approach”. Except for above mentioned methods also some other statistical characteristics are applied: basic index, chain index, geomean, import/export coverage ratio etc. The export of agricultural products of Uzbekistan is quite competitive especially in relation to the Asian countries and CIS countries, the comparative advantages in relation to other territories are limited. The most perspective aggregations (based on comparative advantage and trade balance) are the following: HS 07, HS 08, HS 12, HS 20, HS 22, HS 24.

Keywords

export, Uzbekistan, foreign trade

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 27. 3. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Ing. Inna Čábelková, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Josef Abrhám, doc. Ing., Ph.D., Patrik Rovný, Ing., externi, Jaroslav Halík, externi

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Doktorský studijní program:
Podniková a odvětvová ekonomika