Analysis of methods for determining the total costs of imports for exports using tables «input – output»

Authors

  • Alexey I. Karatkevich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Boris V. Lapko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Dina V. Shparun Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

import, export, tables «input – output», full cost of imports, full cost coefficients

Abstract

The article analyses the existing methods for determining the full cost of imports for exports, provides a comparative analysis of these methods, and identifies their main advantages and disadvantages. Based on the tables «input – output» of Sweden and Germany for 2018, the article calculates the full cost of imports for exports using the three methods discussed and examines the differences in the resulting values.

Author Biographies

  • Alexey I. Karatkevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (economics), full professor; head of the department of banking business and financial technologies, faculty of economics

  • Boris V. Lapko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; associate professor at the department of banking business and financial technologies, faculty of economics

  • Dina V. Shparun, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (economics), docent; associate professor at the department of banking business and financial technologies, faculty of economics

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Published

2025-12-31

Issue

No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics

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L. Industrial Organization

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Karatkevich, A.I. et al. 2025. Analysis of methods for determining the total costs of imports for exports using tables «input – output». Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics. 2 (Dec. 2025), 53–60.