Entry Into the Common Market of the European Union in Terms of Czech Republic's Foreign Trade with Dairy Products

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to evaluate the development of the Czech foreign trade in milk and milk products and specify the typical features and consequences within its territorial and commodity structure using a specific system of indicators intended to show a relevant image on the topic. The analysis covers the period between 1999 and 2015 and are interpreted in the context of changes of the business environment that have occurred in the last two decades, particularly in relation to the Czech Republic’s entry into the European Union. Throughout the studied period, the Czech Republic revealed a positive balance of trade in milk and dairy products, as well as favourable values of TC index (value of coverage of import by export). The dynamics of the territorial structure of export and import is embodied in the overall trade dynamics between the Czech Republic and countries of EU-28. The Czech Republic’s entry into the EU common market, however, led to a change in the trading milk product structure. As a negative is regarded the fact that the structure of Czech export to the EU countries has changed and that is mainly concentrated on basic raw milk or dairy products of the first phase of processing with relatively low added value.

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“…Traditionally, agricultural trade patterns and specialisation are explained based on competitive or comparative advantages of countries and regions across the globe (Serrano and Pinilla 2014;Zdráhal and Bečvářová 2018). Recently, some scholars have used comparative advantage approach to analyse trade performance and competitiveness food products (Fertő 2008;Burianová and Belová 2012;Jambor and Babu 2016;Benesova et al 2017;Esquivias 2017).…”