Assessment of the regional features of Ukrainian trade turnover with the EU in terms of industrial sector development.

The assessment of regional features of turnover of Ukraine with the EU in terms of industrial sector development is conducted in the article. The estimation of the export opportunities of the industrial regions of Ukraine, value of foreign trade turnover with EU countries and assessment of Ukrainian macro-regions integration level with the EU countries were conducted. The analysis of foreign trade turnover of Ukrainian regions was carried out. The level of integration of certain Ukrainian regions with the EU countries on the basis of the intensity of foreign trade was analyzed as well as the multidirectional character of their economic integration priorities was identified. The analysis of the dynamics of foreign trade and trade intensity index of the Carpathian region of Ukraine with the EU countries was conducted. It was found that the level of economic integration of all areas of the Carpathian region with the EU countries is rather high, since the share of these countries is more than 50% of foreign trade. The geographical structure of the export of Carpathian regions was analyzed. The fact that more than 60% of its foreign trade is carried out with several major countries with very close and long-term partnership relations was determined. On the basis of analysis of the dynamics of export activities in the Carpathian region in individual industries, the tendency of increase in industrial exports to the EU, which persisted throughout the studied period (2005-2012 years), was discovered. The influence of European integration on the development of certain industries of Carpathian regions was outlined. Generally, the formation of European integration vector of Ukrainian regions foreign economic policy was substantiated.