Global cotton trade – Case study of cotton trade of Uzbekistan

B.Sc. Jasurbek Suyarov

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

The diploma thesis is concentrated on global cotton trade, especially on cotton trade of Uzbekistan. The Thesis aims to describe, analyze and evaluate the implications of cotton production and global cotton trade. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part primarily belongs to a cotton production and consumption of cotton. Moreover, the trade of cotton around of the world and its role to the world economy, international organizations in the cotton market and major cotton exporter and importer countries were described on the thesis. On the practical part of the work based on, based on the global value chains (GVC) and the global commodity chains (GCC), the globalization of cotton trade in Central Asia, the situation in Uzbekistan is discussed, as all the main characteristics of globalization of trade in the region are evident and several circumstances (the impact of cotton on the economy and environment) the most striking and best captured data. Furthermore, more attention is paid to cotton production and export, the status of Uzbekistan in the world market and it’s role in the global cotton trade. For this research, the trade balance and foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan are studied within selected periods. Moreover, the export of cotton to main consumers, such as Russia and China are analyzed using the method of Balassa index.

Keywords

Cotton, GDP, export, foreign, interrelationship

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 28. 11. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Pavel Kotyza, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management