Determining Export and Import Priorities of the Republic of Belarus on the Basis of Intersectoral Relations Modelling (Oleg Prikhodchnko)

Раздел - "Международные экономические отношения"Export and import quota of the Republic of Belarus is nearly 70 % of the GDP. Such openness of the economy presupposes formation of maximum low expenses structure of export and import for those kinds of produce which are extremely unprofitable for domestic manufacturing. The assessment of direct and indirect expenses of the industry sectors for the export production can be realized on the basis of intersectoral balances developed in the national accounts methodology of the Republic of Belarus since 1993. The article gives the analysis of some total expenses of intermediate product, labour and capital for the final produce of the industry nomenclature of the intersectoral balances of 1999 and 2000 showing that in 2000 export became less resource capacious than in 1999. At the same time, there is l ow export of services such as transport, construction, health care and research. For more precise determination of the directions of optimization of export it is necessary to expand the industry nomenclature of the developed balances through including at least some machine engineering branches, chemical, wood¬ working industries and forestry