Export base of czech regions

This article deals with the analysis of structure and size of goods exported from the Czech regions in the period of 2003–2009. The analysis is related to the export base theory. At first there is the export base theory characterised in the beginning of the article. There is a limited data base for the assessing of international flow of goods and services in case of Czech regions, for only the data of exported goods is regionally monitored. Both the presence and the increase of importance of the export base was especially evident in the Středočeský, Plzeňský and Pardubický region, partly in the Zlínský, Liberecký and Vysočina region in the period 2003–2007. There is one chief export company in each of these regions. The connection between the impact of economic recession in the period 2008–2009 and the regional export base is not clear. Peripheral regions with more specialized export, with the chief export company and formed export base were more likely influenced by the economic recession, rather than core regions or regions without the export base.