Efficiency of foreign trade activity in regions ofRussia at the beginning of the 21st century
The article defines the ratings ofRussian regions at the beginning of the 21st century based on certain indicators of trade efficiency in foreign markets. The authors assessed the efficiency of foreign trade activity in the regions of the country through calculations of the foreign trade and export quota, the export coverage ratio, the international competitiveness ratio in 2005, 2010 and 2015. In order to identify trends in the absolute and relative indicators of the foreign trade of the Russian Federation and its regions, such research methods as statistical, system and cluster analysis, grouping methods were used.