. . . "3" . . . "2"^^ . "This study has analysed foreign trade development of the following countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic (Visegrad group countries - V 4 countries). The main aim of this paper is to characterise the total foreign trade development of these countries in order to determine the intensity of their trade relations. The EU integration processes significantly changed the commodity and territorial structure of trade for the individual countries. During the analysed time period the inter-annual growth rate of the external trade nominal value for the analysed countries was almost twice as high as the world and EU 27 average. The growth of the value of external trade flows is connected with a constantly growing level of openness of the individual economies. The countries studied are producing the significant part of their production for export purposes, and the growth of their export activities is accompanied by the growth of imports (the long term export value growth is higher" . "Visegrad group countries, export, import, balance, competitiveness, growth rate, value, trend, analysis"@en . "CZ - \u010Cesk\u00E1 republika" . "Svato\u0161, Miroslav" . . . . "1211-3174" . "41110" . "Analysis of Visegrad group countries' foreign trade commodity and territorial structure" . . "2"^^ . . "Analysis of Visegrad group countries' foreign trade commodity and territorial structure"@en . "RIV/60460709:41110/09:29386!RIV10-MSM-41110___" . . "This study has analysed foreign trade development of the following countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic (Visegrad group countries - V 4 countries). The main aim of this paper is to characterise the total foreign trade development of these countries in order to determine the intensity of their trade relations. The EU integration processes significantly changed the commodity and territorial structure of trade for the individual countries. During the analysed time period the inter-annual growth rate of the external trade nominal value for the analysed countries was almost twice as high as the world and EU 27 average. The growth of the value of external trade flows is connected with a constantly growing level of openness of the individual economies. The countries studied are producing the significant part of their production for export purposes, and the growth of their export activities is accompanied by the growth of imports (the long term export value growth is higher"@en . "Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica" . . "40" . "14"^^ . . "Analysis of Visegrad group countries' foreign trade commodity and territorial structure" . . . "Smutka, Lubo\u0161" . "[02055939990F]" . "Analysis of Visegrad group countries' foreign trade commodity and territorial structure"@en . "Z(MSM6046070906)" . . . . . . "RIV/60460709:41110/09:29386" . . "302981" . .