COMPARATIVE ANALISYS OF AGRO-FOOD TRADE IN MONTENEGRO AND EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES

• Published in: Ekonomika poljoprivrede (1979) Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 155 - 162
• Main Authors: Jovanovic, Miomir, Kascelan, Ljiljana, Joksimovic, Miljan, Despotovic, Aleksandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgrade Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists 01.03.2015
• Edition: 928
• Series: Economics of Agriculture 1/2015; UDC: 339.56:631(497.15)
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; agro-food trade; competitiveness; Consumption; Economic crisis; efficiency; Food products; foreign trade; Free trade; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; International comparisons; International Relations/Trade; International trade; Liberalization; Self sufficiency; Tobacco
• ISSN: 0352-3462
• DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.200518

The aim of the paper was to analyzed the competitiveness and changes of the foreign trade of Montenegro from 2006-2013. The main contribution of the work was supplemented by the comparison of the Montenegro agro-food trade performance with candidate and potential candidate EU countries. Taking into account the many differences among the analyzed countries, the authors used an unconventional methodical practice based on the calculation of trade balance per one inhabitant. During the analyzed period, only 2 countries exceeded the level of 100% self-sufficiency and permanently reached the positive trade balance with agricultural and food products. As to the self-sufficiency level calculated on the basis of the average trade balance per one inhabitant in 2006-2013 within the candidate and potential candidate EU countries, the last position belongs to the Montenegro closely before Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina.