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

MSc. Akhmadjon Ortikov

Doctoral thesis

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

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2024

Thesis defence

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

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Doctoral programme:
Podniková a odvětvová ekonomika