Eastern European export patterns during economic transition

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In the past ten years the Eastern European exports have transformed a lot while the communist bloc trading associations have degenerated and trade with the West have enhanced to a great extent. The magnitude of such geographical reorganization has normally enhanced the predictions of equilibrium models devised by Hamilton and Winters during 1992 and Collins and Rodrick during 1991 indicating the potentialities of enhanced export activity among the transition economies as total demand in such countries strengthened and the mode of payment is enhanced. Considerable variations in the product elements of International trade have coupled with the reorganization of the geographical area.

During the decades of the 1980s and early part of the 1990's it could be witnessed that the export patterns of the Eastern European Nations like Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria had the due influence of the organization of the trading system which was instituted by the Council for Mutual and Economic Assistance. Two major elements of the CMEA trading organization were prevailing. The first issue dealt with the CMEA which discouraged trade with the West.

Another issue was as Shrenk described as the monopolistic dealings at the national level and regional sellers markets eliminated incentives for producers to maintain and contain the international standard levels of product and process technology. It could understood that in response to this the East European nations became progressively focused on their CMEA counterparts, to include in particular the U.S.S.R., to buy manufactured goods that were not considered competitive in world markets.