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Abstract
Industry dynamic is a key indicator for sustainable industry growth. It depends on variety of
factors on international and regional level. One of the important driving forces on
international level is seen in the face of economic and political alliances. Cultural and regional
policies, and social behaviour are driving industry dynamics on a regional level though. Our
hypothesis is that specific differences of industrial dynamics of the Balkan countries occurred
based on economic and political alliances (EU membership; Euro zone, Black Sea Economic
Cooperation). This hypothesis is verified with analysis of a traditional for the Balkans
industrial sector like Food and Beverage. The paper aims to find out more evidence to verify a
basic hypothesis. It includes a comparative analysis of some basic industrial dynamic’s
indicators for the European Union (EU 16), Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. The analysed
period is 2000-2010. The conclusions are concentrated mostly on Bulgaria.