Assessing the Status and Variability of Foreign Economic Activity of the Machine-Building Enterprises of Ukraine and Kharkov region

The technology of complex analysis of foreign economic activity of machine-building enterprises, based on the principles of complexity and gradualness, has been developed. According to the results of analysis, the first block of the developed technology allowed to determine the position of Ukraine in the world machine-building market. The preconditions of the current status of machine-building industry have been disclosed. On the results of the second block, the features of regional development of machine-building industry have been disclosed. The groups of goods of machine-building, having the largest share in the structure of exports and imports of Ukraine and Kharkiv region, have been determined. The list of the risk factors having the greatest influence on engineering enterprises of Kharkiv region in the course of implementing their foreign economic activity has been determined. The obtained scientific conclusions can be the basis for the machine-building enterprises in determination of directions of further development of their foreign economic activity