INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY AS A BASIS FOR ENSURING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Abstract

In the article a comparative research of general trends of the nationaleconomy and the type of economic activity, e.g. “production of food,beverages and tobacco products” from the standpoint of the number ofinnovative industrial enterprises, innovation costs, the number of introduced innovative products and technological processes, implemented innovative and industrial products was carried out. The regional dimension of innovation activity in the market of the food industry is highlighted. The conclusion on comparable tendencies of dynamics of industrial enterprises innovative activity indicators was made, including all industrial enterprises and the industrial enterprises by type of economic activity «production of food, beverages and tobacco products».To implement innovations the companies purchased 997 newtechnologies in 2019, of which 112 are purchased outside Ukraine, 961 new technologies were purchased in 2017, 129 of which from outside Ukraine. In 2019 out of the total number of technologies 449 were purchased with equipment, of which 90 – outside Ukraine; 317 – as a result of research and development (10); 193 – under agreements for the acquisition of rights to patents, licenses for the use of inventions, industrial designs, utility models (8); 20 of them are know-how, namely, agreements on acquisition (transfer) of technologies (3); 11 of which are purposeful recruitment of qualified specialists, and other forms of acquisition are 6 (1). In 2019, as a result of innovative activities of enterprises there were created new technologies, of which 73 were transferred to other enterprises, including 4 – outside Ukraine, and in 2017 there were 61 new technologies created and 2 were transferred to other enterprises. Thus, innovation activity ensures the competitiveness of the food industry and affects the development of the agri-food sector of the national economy.