Current trends and prospects for intra-industry trade of dairy products in Russian-Belarusian transborder regions

The article examines the problems of intra-industry trade in dairy products in the Russian-Belarusian transborder regions: integration processes between the two countries have created a stable demand for Belarusian dairy products in Russia that does not contribute to the development of their own production in Bryansk, Pskov and Smolensk regions. The aim of the paper is to determine current trends in intra-industry trade in dairy products in the Russian-Belarusian border region, and outline the prospects for its development in the regions under study. To achieve the goal, the authors use the methods of statistical analysis, Grubel-Lloyd index, statistical observation of dairy products in supermarkets. The authors identify a number of common problems in the dairy industry in Russian bordering regions, such as: low profitability of production, imperfect pricing and competition with suppliers in Belarus. The solution to these problems lies in supporting intra-industry trade between adjacent regions, as well as government support for domestic dairy producers which may contribute to the development of local economy. A promising direction for the development of intra-industry trade in dairy products for all studied regions is the production of new innovative types of products.

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