Comparative geographical analysis of foreign trade in goods of Belarusian and Russian regions (by the example of Gomel oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan)

  • Ilnur V. Zakirov Bashkir State University, Zaki Validzi Street, 32, 450076, Ufa, Russia
  • Aliaksei N. Shavel Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

The article gives a comparative geographical analysis of the territorial and structural features of foreign trade of Gomel oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan for 2005–2015 in the context of the global economic crisis and regional integration within the Customs Union, the Common Economic Space and the Eurasian Economic Union. The methodology of comparative geographical analysis of region foreign trade is grounded. It involves the assessing of overall foreign trade indicators (export, import, balance), the definition of its commodity and geographical structure features by using Herfindahl – Hirschman index (IHH ) of concentration and Riabtsev’s index (IR ) of structural shifts and the selection of proposals for the foreign trade optimization. It has been identified the factors of development, diversification and dynamics of commodity and geographical structure and highlights similarities and differences in foreign trade of Gomel oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan. The developed methodology can be used for comparative geographical study of
foreign trade of the countries and regions. Received results and elaborated proposals necessary for making management decisions to the optimization of foreign trade activity of the Gomel oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Author Biographies

Ilnur V. Zakirov, Bashkir State University, Zaki Validzi Street, 32, 450076, Ufa, Russia

PhD (geography), docent; associate professor at the department of economic geography, faculty of geography

Aliaksei N. Shavel, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of economic geography of Belarus and the States of Commonwealth, faculty
of geography

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Published
2017-10-24
Keywords: foreign trade, export, import, balance, comparative geographical analysis, Gomel oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, commodity and geographical structure, Herfindahl – Hirschman index, Riabtsev index
How to Cite
Zakirov, I. V., & Shavel, A. N. (2017). Comparative geographical analysis of foreign trade in goods of Belarusian and Russian regions (by the example of Gomel oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 40-51. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/geography/article/view/980
Issue
No 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology
Section
Geography

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