Analysis of the automotive industry in the Czech Republic, its share on export, GDP and employment in 2000 - 2015

The goal of this thesis is to analyse the development of the automotive industry in Czech Republic in time range of 2000 - 2015. In view of the increasing importance of this industry for the Czech economy, the work focuses primarily on analysis of the automotive industry development and contribution to the macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, export and labour market. The development of automotive production, the employment development, the development of the whole Czech Republic economy; and the turnover development of manufacturers in the defined sector can be found there. The whole work gives a realistic view on the automotive industry influence and contribution to the examined quantities; this demonstrates the growing automotive industry impact on the Czech Republic economy. According to the evaluated data the work finds out close correlation between the export progress and the manufacturers turnover. The progress of these two indicators shows very similar trend during the whole observed period. There is also finding, that the employment decreases due to introduction of technology innovation and production effectivity improvement. Significant finding is also the high sensitivity of the automotive industry to the foreign demand of advanced countries