Foreign trade Flashcards
Forms of foreign trade
- Pure foreign trade - exchange of goods between a country or union of countries and another country
- International trade - trade between several countries
- Global trade - sum of all foreing trades of countries included in the international division of labour
Causes of foreign trade
- International division of labour
- Resource distribution
- Specialization
- Absolute adventage
- Comparative advantage
International division of labour
Refers to the conception of economic production as internally transnational and internally interdependent on labour power based in different places:
The old IDL refers that labour power enjoys comparative adventage based on finished products
The new IDL defines comparative adventage on the basis of tasks and processes
Resource distribution
Natural resources like land, climate, location, human resources and capital resources determine which products can a country produce
Specialization
When a country produces only a certain products rather than be self-sufficient
Absolute adventage
A country has an absolute adventage if it can produce higher amount of given product with given resources
Comparative adventage
A country has a comparative adventage on a product that it can produce most efficiently given all the products in could produce
Fundamentals principles of foreign trade
- Export of goods which are produced in given country or exit in sufficient amount
- Import of goods which are not produced in given country or don’t exit in sufficient amount
Subjects of foreign trade
Tangible goods
Intagible goods - services, valuable rights
Economic importance of foreign trade
Foreign trade allows countries to specialize in production of products intended for export
Foreign trade increases employement opportunities in exporter’s country
Foreign trade allows countries to gain rising revenues
Foreign trade ensures that products which are not product in a given country can be importet
Foreign trade provides information about products and production technologies of foreign countries
Foreign trade increases competition in given country
Political importance of foreign trade
Consolidates friendly relationships with other countries
World peace
Cultural importance of foreign trade
Foreign trade allows consumers to learn about culture, history, life, art of foreign countries
Internal conditions of countries involved in foreign trade
Natural conditions (climate, natural resources)
Historical conditions
Economic conditions
Technical conditions
Demographic conditions
External conditions of countries involved in foreign trade
Geographical location
The maturity of neighbouring countries
Political and economic relations with neighbouring countries
The international political situation
Interest in good relations and economic co-operation
Negative aspects of foreign trade
Imported products compete with products from domestic producers, because of this, some domestic producers may go out of business.
A country can become too dependent on another country.
Foreign trade operations according to the direction of the goods
Export means sending products across the international border with the aim of selling and exchange of goods
Import means bringing goods of foreign origin into a given country across international border
Re-export means export of products which have already been imported to the given country from another foreign country
Foreign trade operations according to the organisation of purchase and sale
Direct and indirect
Direct export, import, re-export
Export - selling products to the foreign customer without the use of intermediary
Import - buying goods from foreign producer without the use of intermediary
Re-export - selling products to a foreign country purchased in another country without passing through the re-exporter’s country