Import content of Ukraine's exports in goods and services

The subject of the study is an assessment of imported raw materials and components content in the export of goods and services. Topicality. The current system of statistical observations does not answer the question of the contribution of individual national economies to the value of final output, the production of which is dispersed in different countries. Estimation of the content of import component in national exports allows to overcome the limitations of traditional statistics and to determine the role of a particular economy in international production and distribution networks under globalization more adequately. The purpose of the article is to assess the level of Ukraine’s economy integration into international value chains through the calculation of the import content of its exports in goods and services. Methodology. The article uses a methodological approach to assessing the import content of exports based on «input–output» tables. This enables the quantification of import penetration by each type of intermediates used by industries of the national economy to produce and export their goods and services, as well as the estimation of the net external orientation of industries. Results. The dynamics of import content of domestic exports in goods and services is analyzed. International comparisons of imported intermediates penetration into countries’ exports are carried out. The import content of exports by industries of Ukraine is estimated. The level of net external orientation of domestic industries is calculated. Area of application. The results of evaluation of import content of Ukrainian exports in goods and services can be used to study further the peculiarities of Ukraine’s integration into international value chains