Regarding the Organization of Foreign Economic Logistics Activities of Agrarian Enterprises in the Conditions of War

Abstract

The agricultural sector is the driver and “point of growth” of the national economy of Ukraine. Agriculture accounts for an average of 16% of gross value added in some regions and plays a key role in ensuring food security. However, the current conditions of martial law in Ukraine have led to problems in the organization of logistics activities of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex as a result of non-fulfillment of the terms of contracts; the emergence of risks of disruption of the sowing campaign; decrease in final harvest indicators and the level of food security; decrease in the volume of export deliveries of agricultural products; disruption of food supply chains; lack of adequate financing and logistics infrastructure facilities; insufficient effective use of marketing management tools and a network approach in the process of distributing agricultural products to the final consumer; increase in transaction costs, etc. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to study modern challenges, threats, trends and barriers in the organization of international logistics activities of agrarian enterprises in the conditions of war. The article theoretically summarizes and systematizes conceptual approaches to determining the economic essence of the concepts of “foreign economic activity” and “international logistics”. A statistical analysis of the main indicators of the development of foreign economic activity of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine in the pre-war period was performed. Barriers that inhibit the effective organization of international logistics activities of agrarian enterprises in wartime have been identified. Priority directions for eliminating existing barriers that prevent the organization of foreign economic logistics activities are proposed, the essence of which is to activate network interaction and partnership relations based on the creation of agrocluster structures; unification of small farms for the proper execution of contracts, as well as joint activity in the agrarian sphere of two or more companies and different groups of stakeholders to achieve a common goal and a synergistic effect. Keywords national economy, agro-industrial complex, agricultural enterprises, logistics activity, foreign economic activity, the structure of foreign trade, international logistics, export-import operations, investments of foreign economic activity, threats, challenges, barriers, logistical problems, management of relations with consumers, marketing management, logistics management.