Publications - Working Papers IER SAS

Slovakia is small and open economy and highly dependent on foreign trade. In the last decade the economic development of Asian countries resulted in increasing importance of these countries in international trade. This study aims to analyse and synthesise the development of these trade relations since 2000 to 2011, based on the data provided by the Eurostat. The analysis will focus on main groups of Asian countries (Commonwealth of Independent States, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia) and the most important trading partners in these regions. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of foreign trade based on the SITC classification will provide results on the structure, volume and technology intensity of foreign trade with Asian countries.