THE WINE FOREIGN TRADE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC HANDEL ZAGRANICZNY WINEM NA SŁOWACJI

Abstract. The aim of the article is to identify the impact of foreign trade with wine for the wine market in the Slovak Republic and identify the trends of its development. Slovakia is among the small wine producers. Wine areas are constantly reducing and wine consumption of the popu-lation of the Slovak Republic is not covered. The negotiation process has granted a quota allo-cated to Slovakia cultivable area of 22 000 hectares of vineyards. At present it is not filled, and Slovakia is not self-sufficient in wine production. Producers are aiming for the production of quality wines and demand for cheaper table wines is covered by import. From the analysis of wine import in the Slovak Republic, we notice that the wine import, is currently dominated by the growing tendency to import wines and sparkling wines in small packages (up to 2 l). The export of wine is currently focused on the export of wine in larger packages (over 2 l) in Slova-kia. To assess the competitiveness of Slovak producers of wines in foreign markets are used the factors of comparative advantage and export-import coverage ratio