ECONOMIC SECURITY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: EVALUATION ALGORITHM

Abstract

Abstract. The article presents scientific approaches to the interpretation of the essence of economic security of foreign economic activity of enterprises: a set of relations between economic entities of Ukraine and foreign economic entities, built on the principles of mutual benefit, equivalent exchange and compliance with international law; activity of subjects of economic activity of Ukraine (more often enterprises) and foreign subjects of economic activity (foreign enterprises), which is based on mutual relations and is carried out either on the territory of Ukraine or abroad; activities of economic entities of Ukraine and foreign economic entities, built on the relationship between them, which takes place in the customs territory of Ukraine and abroad; development of economic relations between countries engaged in foreign trade, migration of capital and labor, form international scientific, technical and industrial relations; a set of production and economic, organizational, economic and operational and commercial functions of the enterprise, related to its entry into the foreign market and participation in foreign economic transactions. Practical aspects of determining the level of economic security of foreign economic activity of agricultural enterprises on the basis of using the method of taxonomy are considered. Graphic and analytical methods of statistics, namely taxonomic analysis, were used to achieve this goal. To determine the level of economic security of foreign economic activity, the source data was standardized in the «Statistica» program, all other calculations were performed in MS Excel.
The expediency of applying the method of taxonomic analysis to assess the level of economic security of foreign economic activity of agricultural enterprises is substantiated. The main stages of taxonomic analysis are highlighted and considered, the gradation of values of the indicator of the level of economic security of foreign economic activity of agricultural enterprises is developed, conclusions are formed.