o:5775 Bulgariaʼs processed food industry - transition to market economy en Abstract: The subject of the research is the analysis of the competitiveness and comparative advantage of the agricultural products and processed food products of Bulgaria on the international market. The study covers the period from 1998 to 2017. In order to measure the level of comparative advantage of the export and the degree of specialization in international trade RCA and GL indices have been used. The aim of or research was to identify products that have previously before the EU accession had, and still have, export potential. That is, the objective was to point the trend of changes in the foreign trade of processed food sector in the period before and after the EU accession in 2007. The results indicate that after joining the EU Bulgaria has changed its foreign trade structure. The decrease of exports and increase of imports of processed food sector products requires a comprehensive export strategy in order to strengthen its competitiveness. Keywords: processed food sector, comparative advantage, Balassa RCA index, Grubel– Lloyd index, Bulgaria 1552099 10.5937/ekoPolj2101229I 2024-10-22T10:10:24.483Z 44 yes 46 Svetlana Ignjatijević Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment u Novom Sadu 0000-0002-9578-3823 Milan J. Mihajlović person Kristijan Ristić person Bojan Vapa person Jelena Vapa-Tankosić Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment u Novom Sadu person 0000-0001-8062-1154 Antoaneta Vassileva person 2021 application/pdf 319816 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:5775 no yes 16 70 1552253 2021-01-15 Economics of Agriculture 68 1 229 240 2021