Sustainability of the Slovak Spirits Industry in the Single Market of the EU

Beňuš, Ondrej; Bielik, Peter; Turčeková, Natália; Adamičková, Izabela

doi:10.3390/su13105692

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“…Due to the accession, Benus et al [54] noted that the Slovak producers faced increased rivalry on the common European market and their competitiveness declined significantly in the case of the spirit industry. Only liqueurs and cordials products were able to increase their competitiveness, while vodka products could keep some of theirs from 2004 to 2018, based on their Balassa type indices.…”

Section: Product-level Analysesmentioning

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Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

Mizik

2021

Sustainability

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Being competitive in the international agri-food trade is an important aim of every country. It should be noted that this term has neither a commonly accepted definition nor a synthetized index to quantify it. The most commonly used indices in the international literature are the Balassa index and its modified versions (revealed trade advantage, revealed competitiveness, normalized revealed comparative advantage, and revealed symmetric comparative advantage) and different export and/or import-related indices (e.g., the Grubel–Lloyd index or the trade balance index). Based on a systematic review of the literature, these measurements were identified along with the major factors suggested for higher agri-food trade competitiveness. It seems that supportive legislation and/or (trade) policy is the most crucial factor, followed by higher value-added/more sophisticated goods, and high, efficient, and profitable production. Although the EU and its member states were overrepresented in the analyzed literature, the candidate countries, as well as other important trading partners of the EU, e.g., Canada, China, or the ASEAN countries, were also analyzed. Thus, some of these findings may be generalized.

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Section: Product-level Analysesmentioning

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Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

Mizik

2021

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“…An actual shift towards more sustainable practices can also be observed in the agri-food complex, which can be attributed to the growing concern for the corporate social and environmental responsibility both in the sector of agriculture and in other sectors of the economy (Zucca et al, 2009;Abrhám, Lžičař, 2018;Khoshnava et al, 2019;Tyslová et al, 2020). The role of agriculture in the national economy of individual states has changed during their economic development, but its importance for the existence of mankind remains unchanged (Beňuš et al, 2021;Marunelu, 2020;Pretty et al, 2018). Viticulture, wine production and consumption have an irreplaceable place in the history of mankind (Maicas, Mateo, 2020).…”

Section: экономические и институциональные аспекты потребления вина в контексте глобализации и климатических изменений в европе и россии mentioning

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Economic and institutional aspects of wine consumption in the context of globalization and climate change in Europe and Russia

2021

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For centuries, wine has played an important role in the economic institutions of food security and agri-food complex. However, due to the globalization and economic development wine industry has been in the midst of a number of changes and new challenges in recent decades, to which it is forced to respond in order to maintain its competitiveness and economic efficiency. Changing consumer preferences and requirements lead to the changes in wine consumption around the world. New territories enter the wine market, which modifies the institutions and the mode of the wine trade from a global perspective. All these aspects resonate with the climate change. Wine as a crop is highly sensitive to climatic and soil conditions which results in the extraordinary sensitivity of the entire viticulture and wine-making sector. Our paper evaluates wine consumption in selected European countries and Russia in the context of climate using the beta convergence method. Beta convergence was used as research method, through which changes in differences between selected countries whose consumption exceeds 2 million hectoliters were examined. The basic sample consisted of 14 countries from Europe and Russia. The results show that globalization processes are blurring some of the differences between countries, which are converging in terms of wine consumption in the long run. At the same time, however, it can be stated that the influence of natural conditions and historically given peculiarities cannot be disregarded. National customs are also historically adapted to the climate, including the preferred types of beverages.

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“…The challenge is to feed the increasing population using the finite number of natural resources. According to Be ňuš et al [2] the agri-food industry is a key industry in every national economy that is responsible for food safety. The competitiveness of this sector has been of central interest to policymakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers.…”

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Czech Comparative Advantage in Agricultural Trade with Regard to EU-27: Main Developmental Trends and Peculiarities

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The paper, based on RCA, LFI and GL indices, and logistic regression analysis, allowed us to track the dynamics of the comparative advantage/disadvantage of the Czech Republic in individual commodity aggregates in relation to individual EU partners, and to comprehend the role of the main production factors. The only production factor with a statistically significant effect is capital. Trade with countries richly endowed with agricultural land and capital, in most cases, appeared not favorable for the Czech Republic in terms of having a comparative advantage over them, if measured with LFI index. The values of the GL index disclosed that trade with these countries is mostly of an inter-industry character. The analysis revealed the following top-3 mostly competitive Czech aggregates: S3-08 (animal feed stuff), S3-06 (sugar and sugar preparations), along with S3-04 (cereals and cereal preparations). Some aggregates appeared to not have any comparative advantage: S3-01 (meat, meat preparations), S3-05 (vegetables and fruits), and S3-41 (animal oils and fats). Speaking of developmental trends, from 2000 to 2019 the Czech Republic has managed to improve its position in agri-food trade within the EU-27 by 43.81% if measured with LFI, and by 51.63% if measured with RCA. These positive changes also appeared to be statistically significant.

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Sustainability of the Slovak Spirits Industry in the Single Market of the EU

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

Agri-Food Trade Competitiveness: A Review of the Literature

Economic and institutional aspects of wine consumption in the context of globalization and climate change in Europe and Russia

Czech Comparative Advantage in Agricultural Trade with Regard to EU-27: Main Developmental Trends and Peculiarities

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