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Abstract
The ten new member states (NMS- 10) of the European Union (EU) have
contributed to an enhancement in agro- food trade among cur rent EU- 25
members. Intra- industry trade (IIT) represents only minor part of NMS- 10
trade in agro- food products. Their trade in agro- food products is specialised to
different countries in terms of economic distance, factor endowments and/or
degree of competitiveness of their agro- food sectors. The borderless EU markets
are likely to influence the increase of IIT with implications for the EU trade
policy, since more than one- third of agro- food trade in the current EU- 25
members is represented by NMS- 10.