 Southeastern European Agrofood Trade SpecializationŠtefan Bojnec () and Imre FertoÅ Eastern European Economics, 2010, vol. 48, issue 3, 22-51 Abstract: This article evaluates the agrofood trade specialization patterns of Southeastern European (SEE-6) countries with the European Union (EU-15) in the period 1995-2007. Agrofood trade specialization stability and duration are investigated by main agrofood products groups according to the degree of product processing and the dynamics in demand growth by EU-15 markets. Excepting Serbia and Montenegro, and to a lesser extent the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the SEE experienced an increasing trade deficit in agrofood products with the EU-15. SEE-6 agrofood exports to the EU-15 markets are highly concentrated in bulk raw commodities with a lack of export specialization for higher-valued processed consumer-ready food. The most recent SEE agrofood export deconcentration is due to new emerging competitive niche products as a result of the SEE agrofood sector restructuring. Except in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, SEE agrofood export specialization is toward the most dynamic demand growth products by the EU-15 markets. Regression and survival analyses confirm that EU integration increases stability and duration of agrofood trade specialization on the EU-15 markets. Date: 2010 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mes:eaeuec:v:48:y:2010:i:3:p:22-51 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Eastern European Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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