Subject. The importance of foreign trade for the border regions. Objectives. Assessment of exports and imports by the main commodity groups in relation to the border and inland regions of Russia. Methods. Methods of synthesis, analysis and generalization were used. Results. The Grubel-Lloyd indices were calculated for the main commodity groups and on average for the border regions. It is shown that the existing commodity structure of exports and imports of border regions is unfavorable for their economic development. Quantitative characteristics of the participation of border regions in Russia's international trade can be assessed as significantly lower than those of inland regions. Conclusions. To increase the effectiveness of the participation of border areas in Russia's foreign trade, a differentiated approach to regional policy is needed, in which border areas are considered as a specific object.
Keywords: border regions, border position, border economy, foreign trade of subjects of the Russian Federation
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