FOREIGN TRADE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND THE SHARE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT

Jean Rene Kalala (), Andrei Hanchar () and Miroslawa Witkowska-Dabrowska ()
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Jean Rene Kalala: Grodno State Agrarian University
Andrei Hanchar: Grodno State Agrarian University
Miroslawa Witkowska-Dabrowska: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

OLSZTYN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 2020, vol. 15, issue 2, 113-127

Abstract: Despite its numerous resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world. The DRC also has underutilised resources of arable land and good conditions for agricultural production. This study analysed changes in the volume of foreign trade in the DRC and assessed the share of its agricultural exports in the years 2015-2019. The analysis covered the volume of total imports and exports, as well as imports and exports by sector. The foreign trade balance and the dynamics of change in the years under analysis were calculated. Structural indicators as well as fixed and variable-based dynamic indices were used. As a result of the conducted research, fluctuations in the export of all goods were found along with a decrease in the export of numerous significant agriculturally produced goods: rubber, palm oil and medicinal plants.

Keywords: foreign trade; exports of agricultural products; Democratic Republic of the Congo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F31 F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.31648/oej.5835

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