A COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF LUGANSK REGION IN THE STRUCTURE OF UKRAINE

Socio-economic problems of regional development

Abstract

The paper analyses the foreign economic activity of Ukraine and Lugansk region in dynamics, namely: the volume of export/import of goods and services; balance of trade in export/import of goods and services; share of export/import of Lugansk region in the volume of Ukraine; geography of development of the foreign economic activity in the regions. Based on the conducted analysis, the differences in the foreign economic activity among two regions were found in the trade in commodities and services. The most advantageous sectors of development of the foreign economic activity in Lugansk region are offered.