The Czech agrarian foreign trade development in 21st century

The Czech agrarian foreign trade recorded significant changes during the last years. Its value, volume and territorial and commodity structure and performance are changing fast. This paper aims to identify changes which have occurred during the analysed time period. Except for individual changes also individual factors responsible for them are specified. The paper provides the following findings related to Czech agrarian trade performance. While the territorial structure became even more concentrated, the commodity structure became more diversified. The Czech trade is quite competitive especially in relation to the European countries, while the competitiveness in relation to other territories is limited. The significant weakness of the Czech agrarian trade is its inability to generate added value. The Czech agrarian trade comparative advantages are existing especially in relation to the following set of aggregations: Cereals, Live animals, Oil seeds, Tobacco products, Dairy products, Sugar, Vegetable oils, saps and plaiting materials, Milling products, Beverages and alcohol. In relation to the rest of the World (without EU28 internal trade) Czech agrarian trade is competitive especially in relation to the following commodity groups Live animals, Dairy products, Sugar, Beverages and alcohol, Oil seeds, Preparation of cereals, Milling products, Cocoa preparations, Vegetable saps and Tobacco products.