Abstract:

The goal of this paper is to analyse the competitive situation of the Slovak food industry.  Based on methodology, The share of export of the agri food commodities in the global market, the share of export of the agri food commodities on the total export and the revealed comparative advantage index RCA were calculated. The food industry was defined on the basis of data of Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development of the Slovak republic. Data published in the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic database was used for the calculations. Research indicates that according the derived indicator RCA Slovak republic has gained during the searched period comparative disadvantage in all searched years by agri food commodities in general. By chosen group of commodities also the comparative advantage has been detected.