UDC 332.1:338.24; JEL F14
Babets, I. H. (2023). Napryamy znyzhennya zahroz zovnishn'otorhovel'niy bezpetsi rehioniv Ukrayiny [Directions for the reduction of threats to foreign trade security in the regions of Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 108 (2), 50-59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2023-2-5 [in Ukrainian].
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Authors



Babets Iryna Heorhiyivna

Doctor of Economics, Professor

Professor of the Department of international economic relations of the Central Ukrainian National Technical University; Senior Researcher of the Department of spatial development of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: irina.babets@ukr.net

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The article analyzes the state of foreign trade in the regions of Ukraine during the war and examines the dynamics and structural changes in the export and import of goods in 2022 compared to 2021. Based on the analysis of changes in the foreign trade in the regions of Ukraine during the war, the main threats to foreign trade security in the regions are identified. The directions for reducing the negative impact of threats on the economy of the regions in the conditions of martial law are determined. Four groups of regions are distinguished based on the peculiarities of the conditions of foreign trade and the level of threats to foreign trade security. The ways of reducing the threats to the foreign trade security in the regions in the conditions of martial law are substantiated. The main measures for regions with a high and significant level of threats include the relocation of enterprises to safe regions, improvement of the logistics of export of goods, and the increase of capacities for the processing of raw materials. For regions with a moderate and low level of threat, it is necessary to ensure the development of processing industry, promote structural transformations of the economy, and activate innovative activities. A mechanism for reducing threats to the foreign trade security of Ukraine’s regions during the period of post-war economic reconstruction is proposed. The main institutional instruments of the mechanism are defined as the Recovery Plan of Ukraine, the Export Strategy of Ukraine, the State Strategy of Regional Development, and strategies for the socio-economic development of regions. Ensuring the effective functioning of the mechanism for reducing threats to foreign trade security requires coordination of the goals and objectives of all institutional instruments and the use of appropriate economic levers. Improvement of the institutional environment of economic activity, including Ukraine’s use of the opportunities provided by the European Commission’s support programs for candidate countries for EU accession, is an important condition for the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism. The objective function of the mechanism for reducing threats to foreign trade security in the regions is to improve the indicators of dynamics, product structure, and efficiency of foreign trade.

Keywords:

foreign trade security, foreign trade, region, threats, martial law, post-war recovery, institutional tools, economic levers

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