REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

PART II:
Table 5: Exports of the Republic of Macedonia in the countries
of the region of SEE (thousands of US$)
Countries 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1)
Albania
12834
(3.06%)
10019
(2.85%)
13871
(4.11%)
17419
(4.55%)
23689
(4.89%)
27522
(4.45%)
40708
(5.15%)
72894
(7.54%)
Bosnia &
Herzegovina
23197
(5.54%)
16283
(4.63%)
18310
(5.42%)
23793
(6.22%)
33226
(6.85%)
50457
(8.15%)
65793
(8.32%)
88021
(9.1%)
Croatia
47689
(11.39%)
58488
(16.62%)
59078
(17.5%)
66174
(17.31%)
80158
(16.54%)
81075
(13.1%)
124707
(15.77%)
163869
(16.95%)
Montenegro 2) - - - - - - -
Kosovo 3) - - - - - - - -
Serbia 2) - - - - - - -
2768
(0.29%)
639415
(86.13%)
Serbia and
Montenegro 2) -
267013
(76%)
246384
(72.97%)
274994
(71.92%)
347602
(71.72%)
459661
(74.29%)
559609
(70.76%)
-
S.R.
335103
Yugoslavia 2) (80%)
Total CEFTA
418823
(100%)
351803
(100%)
337643
(100%)
382380
(100%)
484675
(100%)
618715
(100%)
790817
(100%)
966967
(100%)
Total exports 1322617 1157507 1115527 1366989 1675877 2415161 3356248 3356248
Concentration
31.67% 30.40% 30.27% 27.97% 28.91% 27.33% 23.56% 28.80%
of Exports 4)
Source: Computations are according to the data obtained from the State Statistical Office
of the Republic of Macedonia, for selected years.
Note: 1) Preliminary data; 2) Naming is according to the official name of a country
3) No data is available since only countries with significant participation
in Macedonian exports are shown
4) Computation is according to Michaely’s formula C r
= 100 Σ (X i
/ X) 2 where
X i
.......national exports in certain country in certain period;
X ...... total national exports in certain period
CONCLUSIONS
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and dissolution of the Warsaw pact, the four
and a half decade dichotomy of the world (“East” and “West”) came to an end. The process
of fragmentation, besides the Soviet Union, was likewise inevitable for other multinational
countries, such as Yugoslavia. Thus, on the territory of Yugoslavia seven independent
entities came into existence, Republic of Macedonia, being among them as well.
No matter the fact that apart from the sub-regions of former Yugoslavia, Albania joined the
group of SEE countries, in economic terms, the “remaining” of the region of SEE (so called
“Western Balkans”) is relatively small, especially because the two largest economies,
Bulgaria and Romania left the “region” and joined the EU. With the disintegration of
Yugoslavia, traditional links were interrupted, contrary the 1980s, when the “home market”
played an important role and exports between the various republics of the SFRY ranged
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