39 (marked in bold italic in Table 15). Two other countries-Czech Republic and Poland-have comparative advantage in assembly operations, i.e., the values of "import" RCA indices were above unity in 1998. Czech Republic imported significant amounts of ignition starting equipment, piston engines and motor vehicle parts while Poland relied on significant imports of piston engines and motor vehicle parts.

Table 15: RCA Indices of products in automotive network, 1998

||BGR<br>1998|CZE<br>**1998**|**EST**<br>**1998**|**HUN**<br>**1998**|**LVA**<br>**1998**|**LTU**<br>**1998**|**POL**<br>**1998**|**ROM**<br>**1998**|**SVK**<br>**1998**|**SVN**<br>**1998**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|781 pass motor veh. exc. buses|0.00|0.98|0.00|0.30|0.02|0.01|0.52|0.01|**2.57**|**1.24**|
|782 lorries, special motor veh. nes|0.01|0.38|0.05|0.00|0.04|0.05|0.99|0.01|0.01|**1.03**|
|783 road motor vehicles nes|0.22|034|0.07|0.11|0.03|0.06|0.17|0.01|0.03|0.18|
|722 tractors non-road|0.01|0.92|0.03|0.02|0.31|0.12|0.67|0.21|0.25|0.07|
|74411 fork lift trucks etc<br>Components|0.79|0.05|0.03|0.01|0.07|0.10|0.02|0.04|0.21|0.07|
|77831 ignition, starting equip|0.03|0.20|0.04|2.08|0.07|0.00|0.14|0.01|0.03|2.68|
|77832 elect. Vehicle lighting equ|0.02|2.32|0.02|0.82|N.A.|0.05|0.55|0.01|0.03|1.75|
|7132 motor vehc. piston engins|0.02|0.10|0.00|13.94|0.00|0.00|0.01|0.01|0.00|0.02|
|71623 gen sets with piston engines|0.09|0.02|0.01|0.01|0.03|0.21|0.56|0.17|0.02|0.09|
|Parts|||||||||||
|784 motor veh parts, acces nes|0.06|1.01|0.09|0.54|0.02|0.01|0.47|0.16|0.86|0.58|
|7139 piston engine parts nes|0.15|0.66|0.03|_1.12_|0.02|0.00|0.93|0.09|0.14|0.51|
|Motor vehicles exports|0.03|0.85|0.02|0.24|0.03|0.02|<br>0.57|0.01|**1.99**|**1.11**|
|Motor vehicles parts & comp exports|0.06|1.01|0.09|0.63|0.02|0.02|0.46|0.15|0.78|0.72|
||BGR|CZE|EST|HUN|LVA|LTU|POL|ROM|<br>SVK|<br>SVN|
|Components & parts imports|1998|1998|<br>1998|1998|1998|1998|<br>1998|1998|<br>1998|1998|
|77831 ignition, starting equip|0.17|1.30|0.22|1.17|0.22|0.36|<br>0.36|0.25|<br>**_1.24_**|<br>**_1.0'_**|
|77832 elect. Vehicle lighting equ|0.14|0.83|0.24|0.69|0.30|0.31|<br>0.40|0.12|<br>**_1.38_**|<br>**_1.3B_**|
|7132 motor vehc. piston engins|0.02|1.09|<br>0.01|0.09|0.02|0.01|<br>0.81|0.11|<br>**_3.08_**|**_3.05_**|
|71623 gen sets with piston engines<br>Parts|0.85|0.70|1.04|0.36|2.38|2.38|<br>1.69|1.27|<br>0.63|0.80|
|784 motor veh parts, acces nes|0.24|1.20|<br>0.32|0.77|0.32|0.35|<br>1.25|0.14|<br>3.32|<br>1.43|
|7139 piston engine parts nes|0.57|0.60|0.45|7.63|0.55|0.72|<br>0.56|0.20|<br>0.43|<br>0.31|
|Motor vehicles imports|0.63|0.42|0.60|0.50|0.89|0.83|<br>0.47|0.44|<br>0.38|0.77|
|Motor vehicles p&c imports|0.24|1.18|<br>0.32|0.78|0.34|0.37|<br>1.16|0.16|<br>3.07|<br>1.40|

Source: Computations based on EU data from UN COMTRADE Statistics.

Specialization in exports of motor vehicle parts and components suggest that the Czech automotive sector is more developed than in Poland and other CEEC. Even though production and exports of parts and components have been rapidly growing in most CEEC, only exporters from the Czech Republic have an overall value of "export" RCA index above unity. Such other countries, however, as Hungary and Slovenia are in comparative advantage in selected EU markets for automotive parts and components. In addition to piston engines and parts, Hungary