Transformation of the structure of Ukrainian foreign trade due to the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement

• Main Authors: Pavel Chernomaz, Olena Chavalakh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 2017-12-01
• Series: Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Міжнародні відносини, економіка, країнознавство, туризм
• Online Access: https://periodicals.karazin.ua/irtb/article/view/9975/9491

The article analyzes the influence of the transformation of world trade integration processes and The Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement on the commodity and geographical structure of Ukrainian foreign trade. The article describes the changes in trade volume, directions of trade flows and volumes of trade of the certain commodity categories based on the State Statistic Service of Ukraine. The article compares Ukrainian foreign trade figures of 2012 and 2015 years in terms of commodity and geographical structure. There are conclusions based on the comparison mentioned above, these conclusions illustrate reorientation of Ukrainian foreign trade which occurred due to The Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement. The article also analyzes the further prospects for the development of Ukrainian foreign trade relations.