Пазарите в Субсахарска Африка – Възможност за диверсификация на българската външна търговия

Sub-Saharan Markets as an Opportunity for Diversification of Bulgarian International Trade

Eduard Marinov and Daniela Bobeva

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Abstract: The article aims at disclosing the potential of Sub-Saharan Africa as a possible market for the diversification of Bulgarian international trade. It firstly presents the region of Sub-Saharan Africa from and economic perspective. Then it summarizes the trends in Bulgaria’s trade relations with the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, analyzing trade dynamics for the period 2003-2015 and Bulgaria’s place within the EU. The competitive niches of Bulgarian products are presented based on a study on the commodity structure of trade. Finally the article discusses the results of an empirical study of the attitudes of Bulgarian business towards trade relations with Sub-Saharan Africa to identify some of the causes for the unutilized trade potential.

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; foreign trade; trading partners; diversification; competitive niches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F50 N77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Списание на БАН 3/2017 (2017): pp. 64-72

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