Identification of export potential in foreign trade: case of Slovakia in Kazakhstan

Figures & data

Table 1. Intra-industry index development scenarios.

Scenario	Value
1. If a country in the i-th commodity group exports but does not import	0
2. If a country in the i-th commodity group imports but does not export	0
3. If the value of exports and imports of the i-th commodity group is equal	1
4. If there is no export or import in the i-th commodity group	X

Source: author’s own elaboration, 2022.

Figure 1. Development of foreign trade between Slovakia and Kazakhstan in the years 2011–2020 (in millions of euros).

Source: author’s own processing based on ITC data (2022)

Figure 2. Development of the trade intensity index between Slovakia and Kazakhstan 2011–2020.

Source: author’s own processing based on ITC data (2022)

Figure 3. Development of trade complementarity between Slovakia and Kazakhstan in the years 2009–2020.

Source: author’s own processing based on ITC data (2022)

Table 2. GLI of the Slovak Republic with Kazakhstan in the years 2011 - 2020.

SITC	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	0.000	0.000	0.173	0.347	0.757	0.911	0.843	0.408	0.120	0.384
1	0.000	0.000	0.000	X	0.000	0.032	X	0.000	X	X
2	0.089	0.000	0.040	0.158	0.120	0.550	0.349	0.921	0.708	0.559
3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.019	0.003	0.001	0.000	0.000
4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
5	0.015	0.000	0.066	0.296	0.732	0.741	0.686	0.728	0.358	0.851
6	0.772	0.155	0.787	0.825	0.489	0.861	0.660	0.446	0.142	0.028
7	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.001	0.007	0.001
8	0.007	0.002	0.000	0.008	0.000	0.063	0.001	0.005	0.043	0.561
9	0.000	0.429	0.000	0.000	0.000	X	0.000	0.240	0.080	0.000

Source: author’s own processing based on UNCOMTRADE data (2022).

Note: 0 – food and live animals, 1 – beverages and tobacco, 2 – crude materials, except fuels 3 – mineral fuels, 4 – animal and vegetable oils, 5 – chemicals, 6 –manufactured goods, 7 – machinery and transport equipment, 8 – miscellaneous manufactured articles, 9 – commodities and transactions not elsewhere classified in SITC.

Table 3. Top 10 products of Slovak exports to Kazakhstan in 2020.

No.	HS	Commodity	Export (EUR. thousands)	Share on total export (%)	R RCA
1.	8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons	14567	38.13	5.805
2.	8407	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engine	3351	8.77	1.282
3.	4010	Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber	3089	8.08	1.225
4.	0102	Live bovine animals	1551	4.06	1.698
5.	8504	Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g., rectifiers, and inductors; parts thereof	1404	3.67	1.510
6.	4811	Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, cov	1208	3.16	0.255
7.	7307	‘Tube or pipe fittings “e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves”, of iron or steel’	1137	2.98	0.407
8.	0407	Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked	1130	2.96	1.330
9.	8708	Parts and accessories for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons	942	2.47	2.655
10.	7304	Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron or steel (excluding products of cast iron)	661	1.73	2.064

Source: author’s own processing based on ITC data (2022).

Table 4. Import-significant commodities for Kazakhstan at the level of HS4, for the period 2016-2020.

No.	HS4	Commodity	R IS
1.	2617	Ores and concentrates (excluding iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminium, lead, . . .	89.080209
2.	2502	Unroasted iron pyrites	34.0940697
3.	8606	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (excluding self-propelled and luggage vans and post .	27.2637533
4.	4814	Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper; window transparencies of paper	25.2797147
5.	5904	Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering . . .	24.7515021

Source: author’s own processing based on ITC data (2022).