The aim of the paper was the analysis of the competitiveness and changes in the foreign trade
of the Montenegro from 2006-2013. The main contribution of the work was supplemented
by the comparison of the Montenegro agro-food trade performance with candidate and
potential candidate EU countries. Taking into account the many differences among the
analyzed countries we used an unconventional methodical practice based on the calculation
of trade balance per one inhabitant. During the analyzed period, only 2 countries exceeded
the level of 100% self-sufficiency and permanently reached the positive trade balance with
agricultural and food products. As to the “self-sufficiency level” calculated on the basis of the
average trade balance per one inhabitant
in 2006–2013 within the candidate and potential
candidate EU countries the last position belongs to the Montenegro closely before Albania
and Bosnia and Herzegovina