Trade performance and regional integration of the CIS countries / / Lev Freinkman, Evgeny Polyakov, Carolina Revenco

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964037703321
• Autore: Freinkman Lev M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08540-1; 9786610085408; 1-4175-2621-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 69 p : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Collana: World Bank working paper ; ; no. 38
• Altri autori (Persone): PolyakovEvgeny; RevencoCarolina <1974->
• Disciplina: 337.1/4
• Soggetti: Economics; Former Soviet republics Commerce; Former Soviet republics Commercial policy; Former Soviet republics Economic integration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Trade Portrait and Performance of the CIS Bloc -- Poor Quality of Trade Data or Trade Deflection? -- Overall Trade Performance -- Withering of Manufactured Trade -- Changing Geography of Trade -- Export Reorientation or Loss of Markets? -- Export Specialization of the CIS Countries -- Predominance of Inter-Industry Trade -- 2. Realizing Trade Potential: Openness and Trade Patterns -- Trade Openness: How Open are the CIS Countries? -- The Gravity Model: Recent Adjustments in Direction of Trade -- CIS-7: Lagging Behind in Trade Diversification and Export Performance -- Conclusion -- 3. The CIS Free Trade Area and Trade Integration -- Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) -- Standards -- Transit -- Customs Cooperation -- The CIS Bloc and the South-South Integration -- Conclusion -- 4. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Annexes -- Table A1: Merchandise Composition of Exports -- Table A2: Merchandise Trade Deficit with Major Partners -- References -- TABLES -- Table 1.1: Quality of Trade Data, 2000 -- Table 1.2: Intra-CIS ; Exports Minus Imports -- Table 1.3: Trade Indices of the CIS Members (1993-100) -- Table 1.4: Trade Flows and Balances of the CIS Economies, 1988-2000 -- Table 1.5: Export Composition by Sector -- Table 1.6: Geographical Composition of Exports and Imports -- Table 1.7: Merchandise Composition of CIS and Non-CIS Exports -- Table 1.8: Export Specialization Indices at the 1-digit SITC Level, 2000 -- Table 1.9: Export Specialization Index at the 2-digit SITC Level -- Table 1.10: Shares in Employment and Exports, 2000 -- Table 1.11: The Grubel-Lloyd Index -- Table 2.1: Trade Openness Models -- Table 2.2: CIS Actual vs Theoretical Openness -- Table 2.3: Potential and Realized Shares of Intra-CIS and EU Exports.; Table 2.4: Realization Ratios for the Gravity Model without the Bloc Effect -- Table 2.5: Realization Ratios for the Gravity Model with the Maximum Bloc Effect -- Table 2.6: FSU Trade with the EU -- Table 2.7: Average Trade Performance of Three Groups of the Former Soviet Republics CIS-7, Central CIS, and the Baltics -- Table 3.1: Bilateral Free Trade Agreements in the CIS -- Table 3.2: Average Import Tariffs -- FIGURES -- Figure 1.1: Composition of the CIS Trade Flows, 2001 -- Figure 1.2: Changes in the Merchandise Composition of Exports, 1996-2000 -- BOXES -- Box 1.1: The UN COMTRADE Database -- Box 3.1: Russo-Ukrainian Trade Wars.
• Sommario/riassunto: Trade Performance and Regional Integration of the CIS Countries is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. The CIS free trade area is, on balance, a beneficial, trade facilitating bloc. However, the potential benefits of CIS trade integration remain badly underutilized. Based on standard econometric models, the study provides a detailed quantitative analysis of the trends and the configuration of trade of the CIS countries.