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Abstract
Viticulture and wine production are important industries in most of the countries
who have signed CEFTA agreement. The countries of this region have
favorable environmental conditions for a high production of grapes and wine. The
subject and purpose of the research is to understand the trends of production, export
and import in the countries of CEFTA region. Source of data is FAO database
(Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO), for the time period 2000-2009. Average
wine production in the given region is 610 million liters with a tendency of slight
decrease at an average annual rate of 2.81%. Average wine export for countries
of this group is the 243.5 million liters, with a tendency of slight decrease at a rate
of 1.74%. Export price of wine is 0.9 dollars per liter, which indicates that lowerquality
categories of wine (table wine) are mainly being exported. The most important
exporter is Moldova with the participation of 63% of total exports from the region.
Import of wine is 50 million liters with a trend of significant growth at an
average rate of 12.44% per year. The largest importer is the Republic of Serbia with
a share of 46.7% of the region. Countries in the region are achieving a positive
trade balance of wine, averagely over 190 million liters. It is necessary to increase
the production of wine with changes in the structure with regard to quality.