Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

2.3.2 The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic exports most of the chemicals (the SITC 5 category) into Germany (more
than 20 % of the total volume of exported chemicals), Slovakia (more than 14 %) and Poland
(approx. 11 %). As for the import of chemicals, more than 30 % of the total volume of imports
originates in Germany, approx. 7 % in France and more than 5 % in Italy, Poland, Belgium and the
Netherlands.
Chart 8 – The SITC5 Imports of the Czech Republic in 2007 and 2008 (in monetary units)
A year 2007 - import (%) A year 2008 - import (%)
Germany 31,94 Germany 31,33
France 7,07 France 6,80
Italy 5,53 Poland 5,58
Belgium 5,49 Italy 5,48
Holand 5,42 Belgium 5,26
Poland 5,30 Holand 5,24
Slovakia 4,66 Slovakia 5,00
Britain, Ireland 4,55 Britain, Ireland 4,52
Austria 4,12 Austria 4,29
Switzerland 3,45 Switzerland 3,35
Source: A foreign-trade yearbook 2008 (The Ministry of Industry and Trade, The Czech
Statistical Office)
Chart 9 – The SITC5 exports of the Czech Republic in 2007 and 2008 (in monetary units)
A year 2007 - export (%) A year 2008 - export (%)
Germany 21,36 Germany 21,34
Slovakia 14,11 Slovakia 14,74
Poland 10,99 Poland 11,89
Hungary 6,38 Hungary 5,59
Italy 4,94 Italy 4,27
Russia 4,22 Russia 4,00
Austria 3,65 Austria 3,94
France 2,65 France 2,64
USA 2,52 USA 2,57
Belgium 2,50 Belgium 2,44
Source: A foreign-trade yearbook 2008
The domestic national transport of chemicals in the Czech Republic showed significant
decrease in 2008 compared to the previous four years. The decrease was by about a half
compared to the year 2007.
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 31