Development of Mutual Agricultural Trade of Visegrad Group Countries

The agricultural trade of the individual Visegrad group countries is, both in terms of the commodity structure as well as the territorial structure,
very distinctly concentrated. The overwhelming majority of agricultural trade – export as well as import – is conducted in relation to the EU
countries. If we focus on the actual objective of the article, which is to identify the comparative advantages of agricultural trade of the V4
countries, the following may be stated. The agricultural trade of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary as a whole does not have comparative
advantages either in the global market or in the internal market of the EU countries. However, Poland as the only representative of the V4
countries has comparative advantages in the field of agricultural trade, in relation both to the internal market of the EU countries, as well as to
the global market (to the market of third countries). If we focus on the territory of the EU27 countries which represents the main trading partner
of all of the analyzed countries, it may be stated that despite the fact that the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary do not have comparative
advantages in the area of agricultural trade in regard to the EU as a whole, they are able to achieve comparative advantages at the level of
bilateral relationships with individual member countries of the EU. Within the scope of bilateral trade competition, Poland and Hungary are, of
course, in the best positions. On the other hand, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are in the worst positions.