Prague Economic Papers 2004, 13(4):291-309 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.243

Foreign Trade in Environmental Goods in the Czech Republic (1993 - 2002)

Eva Tošovská
Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the CR, Politických vězňů 7, CZ - 111 21 Prague 1 (e-mail:eva.tosovska@cerge-ei.cz).

This paper analyses the trade flows and tariff rates of environmental goods in the Czech Republic in the period 1993 - 2002. The analysis is based on environmental goods' categories according to "OECD list of environmental goods". The export and import of environmental goods is investigated also from the foreign trade territorial structure point of view. The five indicators have been used to describe the achieved level of trade liberalization in environmental goods in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: environmental goods, imports of environmental goods, exports of environmental goods, environmental goods customs tariffs
JEL classification: F13, L60

Published: January 1, 2004  Show citation

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