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Abstract
Because of big internal differences in the production-resource
structure, the former uniform Yugoslav market was characterized by intensive
inter-republic trade. Given the controlled prices of agrarian products, their
internal trade was frequently referred to as an example of non-equivalent
exchange. After the violent secession and disintegration of the common country,
the agrarian trade balances of the former republics and their positions in foreign
trade essentially began to change. The relative changes of the agrarian-export
positions of the republics/states are gained an insight into in the context of the
market structure and the agrarian potentials of the former shared environment
and the current new one. At the same time, we are comparatively analyzing the
market structure and relations within the three status/systemically completely
different conditions of these countries for the duration of an almost two-and-ahalf-
decade-long period (from 1988 to 2010), namely: (1) the pre-transition
position on the uniform market; (2) the transition period after the disintegration
of the common state, and (3) the post-transition period of independence.
The sectoral significance of the agrarian market is assessed via an analysis of
the share of agrarian trade turnover in total foreign-trade turnover, as well as the
movement of the net balance of agrarian trade, while positional changes in
the spatial structure of the total and agrarian export and import are being gained
an insight into via the relative share of some countries in the total trade turnover
of the ex-YU market countries. Utilizing specific analytical methods, such a way
to analyze the transition dynamic and structural changes of the agro-food sector
in foreign trade offers a possibility of the identifying and objectivizing of
the comparative advantage and export potentials of the agrarian foreign trade of these countries. The remarks and assessments derived on that basis are
indicative of the consequences of the disintegration of the former uniform
Yugoslav agrarian market.