Comparative Analysis for Structural Changes in Export and Import of Bulgaria for the Period 1992-2009

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Keywords
foreign trade, export, export structure, import, import structure,
structural changes, generalizing measurers for structural changes, trend models

Summary
After 1989, in the Economy of Bulgaria a number of transformations were made, leading to significant economic reforms. The change in the organization of economic processes, the opening of the country to the world and the ability to access international markets, caused both structural changes in production and foreign trade. Commodity structure of foreign trade is a reflection of the status and structure of the national economy.

The article examined the foreign trade structure and dynamics of the general measurers of structural changes for the period 1992-2009. The study includes the establishment of changes in export and import structure and monitoring of trends in summary measures of structural changes. The survey results show that: compared with 1992, there are significant changes in the export structure; predicting of the dynamics of structural change in export and import is risky because of diverse change in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the foreign trade and its structure are important factors that determine both the direction and pace of development of national economy.

JEL: F31
Pages: 18
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