EXTERNAL ECONOMIC SECURITY OF UKRAINE: CONDITIONS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

In the article the main problems of external security of Ukraine is considered. The strategic vectors of the problems stated above offered. There were used Granger cuasility test, 2 least squares method (regression analises), main components methods. Authors have proved that sharp fluctuations in the most important factors of Ukraine's foreign economic security in the short-term lags indicate threatening trends associated with increasing technological and export dependence of the state, which is a consequence of low competitiveness in both domestic and foreign markets and inefficient economic structure.