Import and Export Trade Operations

  • Credits: 7
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2P + 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 3
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

International Business

Teaching results

Students will possess following abilities:
- ability to understand the issue of import and export trade operations at EU level,
- regulation of intra-EU trade operations,
- to provide contractually the basic forms of trade operations.
Students will obtain following skills:
- to propose solutions in the area of basic import and export trade operations,
- to carry out simple business operations and adopt solutions from the areas of international business,
- to use creatively different methods in the field of trading principles at EU level and apply such trade operations.
Students will gain following competences:
- autonomy in dealing with the specific problems of import and export operations in a changing international environment,
- decision-making responsibility for the implementation of simple business operations within the EU,
- the ability to present appropriately and professionally their views within the use of basic types of business operations.

Indicative content

The position of foreign trade in the national economy. Quantification of foreign trade in the economy of state. Foreign trade of the Slovak Republic and its importance. The influence of individual industries on the development of Slovakia's foreign trade. Institutional support of foreign trade activities in Slovakia. Development of EU foreign trade. Regulation of trade operations within the EU. Principles of trade within the European Economic Area, with third countries based on preferential and non-preferential agreements. Basic models of business operations: export-import, licensing and investment (capital). Import, export, re-export and re-import trade operations. Methods of carrying out export and import trade operations.

Support literature

1. KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena a kol. Dovozné a vývozné obchodné operácie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2022. 219 s. ISBN 978-80-225-5031-4.
2. KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena – BARINKOVÁ, Natália. Potenciál Strednej Ázie v zahraničnom obchode Slovenskej republiky. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2021. 124 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4882-3.
3. KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena – PÁSZTOROVÁ, Janka. Vybrané aspekty podpory zahraničného obchodu na Slovensku. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020. - 72 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4792-5.
4. RUŽEKOVÁ, Viera – PAVELKA, Ľuboš. Manuál exportéra : základná príručka obchodovania so zahraničím. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2023. 121 s. ISBN 978-80-225-5049-9.
5. SEYOUM, Belay. Export–Import Theory, Practices, and Procedures (4th ed.). Publisher : Taylor and Francis, 2021. 670 s. ISBN 978-10-030-2050-9
6. The Staff of Entrepreneur Media - RICH, Jason R. Start Your Own Import/Export Business (Startup) Kindle Edition. Publisher : Entrepreneur Press, 2021. 272 s. ISBN 978-16-130-8429-8.

Syllabus

1. The position of foreign trade and the national economy. Characteristics of basic terms. 2. Quantification of foreign trade in the economy of state. One-factor and multi-factor evaluation indicators. The role and importance of the WTO in the regulation of world trade. 3. Changes in the development of SR foreign trade after accession to the EU in the territorial and commodity structure. Factors influencing development prediction. 4. The influence of individual industries on the development of SR foreign trade. 5. Institutional support of foreign trade activities in Slovakia. Institutions supporting foreign trade activities in Slovakia and their importance. 6. Development of EU foreign trade. Territorial and commodity structure. Trade in services. Development of foreign direct investment in the EU. 7. Regulation of trade operations within the EU. INTASTAT statistical survey. RAPEX and RASFF rapid information exchange systems. Common commercial, agricultural and energy policies. Development prediction. 8. Principles of trade within the European Economic Area. EEA Agreement. The European Free Trade Association, its importance and the difference between the EFTA and the EU. The special position of Switzerland. 9. Principles of trade with third countries based on preferential agreements by way of example (South Korea, Canada, Ukraine, Japan, United Kingdom, Western Balkans). 10. Principles of trade with third countries based on non-preferential agreements (USA, Russia, other CIS countries, China, India, MERCOSUR, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, etc.). 11. Individual types of business operations in international trade. Basic models of trade operations: export-import, licensing and investment (capital). Advantages and disadvantages of individual models. 12. Import, export, re-export and re-import trade operations. Their importance and use in international business. 13. Methods of realization of export and import trade operations. The course and provision of such business operations in international trade.

Requirements to complete the course

• 20 % continuous written test,
• 20 % semestral work and its presentation,
• 60 % final written exam.

Student workload

Total: study load 182 hours
Separate study load for individual educational activities:
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for the seminars: 13 hours
Elaboration of a semestral project: 23 hours
Preparation for written verification of knowledge: 24 hours
Preparation for the final exam: 70 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 06.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 05.03.2024