Substantiating the Perspective Export Directions for the Russian Region Through Technique for Assessment of Import Needs of Countries-Partners

  In the article, the relevance of the research is due to the presence of trade agreements between Russia and friendly countries, while the potential of trade with many of them has not yet been fully realized.  Methods of analysis are applied: logical-comparative (comparison of product groups), structural (commodity-geographical), conjunctural (accounting for price levels in different supplier countries), statistical (analysis of dynamic series - calculation of maxima and minima, growth rates). The methodology has been tested using the example of correlating the non-resource export specialization of the Sverdlovsk region with Tunisian imports.  The scientific novelty and significance of the results obtained lies in the fact that they make it possible, by applying structural and dynamic analysis to published international trade statistics, to assess the export prospects of a given Russian region to a particular foreign country or group of countries in the context of commodity content, volume, price aspect and geography of sales (if several foreign countries are taken into account).  An attempt is made to analyze, among other things, the price (correlation of price and functionality) structure of import demand of the selected partner country in order to substantiate the possibilities of using the comparative advantages of the Russian economy.