ANALYSIS OF DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE OF FOREIGN TRADE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA
The purpose of the research is to reveal trends in the development of foreign trade of the Republic of Crimea in 2006-2016 based on the dynamic and structural analysis of statistical data. The authors paid special attention to the changes that have occurred since the accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation, that is, in 2014-2016. The authors used the data presented by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine and the Territorial Body of the Federal State Statistics Service in the Republic of Crimea. As a result, it was revealed that, as a part of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea steadily increased the volumes of foreign trade. There was an increase in both imports and exports, and the balance of foreign trade was mostly positive. The exception was 2009, when the global financial crisis contributed to the reduction of the region's foreign trade, and 2011, when the increase in purchases of electric machines temporarily led to a sharp increase in imports and a negative balance of foreign trade. After the accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia, the volume of foreign trade decreased significantly, however, the actual reduction was not as strong as statistics show. In 2014-2016 there was a tendency to slow down the decline in exports, imports and, accordingly, the turnover of the region's foreign trade. The structure of the foreign trade of Crimea has changed, including the share of foreign countries has increased, the share of the countries of the European Union and Ukraine has decreased. Two or three commodity groups dominated in the commodity structure of both exports and imports.