Moving towards developmental regionalism? industrial cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union from an Armenian and Belarusian perspective

Figures & data

Table 1. Industrial priority sectors in 2013 and 2018

Priority industries of the Single Economic Space (2013)		Priority areas of the industrial cooperation in the EAEU (2018)
Manufacture of plastic and rubber products	Production of electronic and optical devices and basic components	Manufacture of electrical machinery and electrical equipment	Radio and electronic industry
Automotive industry	Tool-making industry	Automotive industry	Tool-making industry
Light industry	Pharmaceutical industry	Light industry	Fuel and energy complex
Metallurgy	Biotechnology	Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy	Medical industry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies
Nanoindustry	Chemical and petrochemical industry	Manufacture of machinery and equipment for oil refining and oil extracting industry	Chemical and petrochemical industry (including agricultural chemistry)
Production of white goods
Railway engineering production	Woodworking and wood production industry	Railway engineering production	Forestry and woodworking industry
Production of construction materials	Aerospace and aircraft construction industry	Production of construction materials	Aerospace and engine construction
Manufacture of machinery and equipment for agriculture and forestry	Production of technologies for road construction	Manufacture of agricultural machinery	Shipbuilding
Production of lifting and transportation equipment	Power engineering	Manufacture of machinery and equipment for mining industry	Power engineering

Source: own elaboration based on Sidorsky, 2013, p. 26 EEC, 2018, p. 90.

Figure 1. MVA per capita (constant 2010 USD), 1990–2018

Source: UNIDO, 2020.

Figure 2. The EAEU’s industrial cooperation

Source: own elaboration based on EEC, 2018, pp. 53–112, 2020a, p. 75.

Table 2. Main trading partners of Armenia (2018)

Main export partners		Main import partners
Russia	27.6%	Russia	25.3%
Switzerland	14.0%	China	13.3%
Bulgaria	8.9%	Germany	6.0%

Source: Armstat, 2019, pp. 496, 498.

Table 3. Main trading partners of Belarus (2018)

Main export partners		Main import partners
Russia	38.4%	Russia	58.9%
Ukraine	12.0%	China	8.2%
UK	9.1%	Germany	4.8%

Source: Belstat, 2019a, p. 62.

Table

Number of Interview	Date & Place	Function and Affiliation of Interviewees
Interview 1	26 September 2017, Sankt Petersburg	Member of the Centre for Integration Studies at Eurasian Development Bank
Interview 2	5 June 2018, Yerevan	Representative of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia
Interview 3	8 June 2018, Yerevan	Member of the Industrial Policy Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia
Interview 4	14 September 2018, Minsk	Member of the Citadel project, Researcher
Interview 5	29 September 2018, Minsk	Executive Consultant, Civitta Belarus
Interview 6	10 October 2018, Skype	Member of the Industrial Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission
Interview 7	30 November 2018, Vienna	Professor of Economics, Armenian State University of Economics
Interview 8	11 December 2018, Vienna	Senior Research Associate, wiiw
Interview 9	18 December 2018, Skype	Professor of Eastern European Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Interview 10	23 January 2019, Vienna	Assistant Professor of Economics, Russian-Armenian University

Chart 1. Structure of manufacturing in Armenia (2018)

Source: Armstat, 2019, pp. 270–271.

Chart 2. Structure of manufacturing in Belarus (2018)

Source: Belstat, 2019a, p. 42.

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