The Importance of Services in Foreign Trade of Selected Countries

Svrha rada je prikazati značaj usluga u vanjskotrgovinskoj razmjeni, te analizirati njihov uvoz i izvoz kod odabranih zemalja. Prikazani su pojam, obilježja i klasifikacija usluga te dva sporazuma o trgovini uslugama, Sporazum o trgovini uslugama i Opći sporazum o trgovini uslugama. Prikazan je značaj izvoza i uvoza usluga na globalnoj razini kroz statističke podatke od 2009. do 2019. Nakon toga su analizirani uvoz i izvoz usluga u Irskoj, Kini i Hrvatskoj od 2009. do 2019. godine pomoću statističkih podataka u grafikonima i tablicama. Navedeni su najznačajniji trgovinski partneri svake zemlje. Zaključeno je da budući razvitak i napredak trgovine uslugama uvelike ovisi o odnosima među državama kao i napredovanju tehnologije i inovacija. Tržište također postavlja uvjete koje je svaka zemlja dužna zadovoljiti ukoliko želi opstati i nastaviti pružati usluge.The aim of this work is to show the importance of services in foreign trade and to analyize the import and export in selected countries. There are presented the concept, characteristics and classification of services, two agreements on trade in services, the Agreement on trade in services and the General Agreement on trade in services. The importance of exports and imports of services on the global level is presented through statistics from 2009 to 2019. After that, imports and export of services in Ireland, China and Croatia from 2009 to 2019 are analyzed using statistics in graphical dana and tables. The most important trade partners of each country are also written. The conclusion is that future development and progress of trade in services largely depends on relations between countries, as well as the advancement of technologies and innovations. The market also sets the conditions that each country has to meet if it wants to provide services and continue to provide