The article examines main US international trade trends at the new stage of global competition at the beginning XXI century; key indicators of US goods/services exports and imports, the trade balance dynamics and structure; exports role in the American economic recovery. President Obama’s National Export Initiative- policy improvements to provide exporters more tailored assistance and information; expand access to export financing - has been analyzed as an important instrument for continued growth of the economy, creation of jobs in US, as well as for nation’s competitiveness and national security. Special attention has been paid to the ambitious US plans, concerning the situation surrounding the creation of two of the largest integrated projects - the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trans-Atlantic Trade andInvestment Partnership.

The article examines the current state and prospects of development of the customs administration. Therole ofcustoms administrationin theconditions of financial and economic crisis. The main attention is focused on the development and improvement of customs administration as a key link in the formation of the structure of foreign trade. The article substantiates theidea that the most important.As the research tasks outlinedpromising areas of customs procedures simplification and acceleration of customs operations at the customs clearance and customs control of the goods.

The article reveals the necessity of foreign investment for a dynamic and balanced growth of the economy. Statistical analysis of inflow of foreign investments and outflow of capital from Russia in 2014indicate negative trends in these areas. For improving this situation it is highly important to improve investment attractiveness of the country, which depends on Russia's positions in various international investment ratings. In order to increase the investment attractiveness of Russia and provide inflow to the economy of foreign capital in the next few years some directions of investment of internal reserves has been proposed.

The trade policy pursued in domestic market in many respects is (or has to be) logical continuation of a foreign trade policy. At the same time the domestic trade policy has impact on a foreign trade policy. One of the main directions of a foreign trade policy - creation and different development of associations. Similar processes are characteristic and for domestic market: more and more the role of associations increases in ensuring competitiveness of domestic trade. In article authors analyze emergence and development of associations in trade, their impact on different aspects of economic activity of subjects of domestic market.

The article provided information concerning with export and import of textile production in Russia over recent years, considers the influence of the current economic situation for domestic manufacturers of garment and textiles. There is a list actual problem of development of light industry goods turnover of our country as a whole. The authors analyzed the relevance of the Russian jersey market among countries in world trade, identified the main Russian importers and exporters, and conclude that it is necessary to increase the competitiveness of domestic textile and garment production by using innovative technologies and new materials.

The article reveals the analyzes of the company MTS, aimed at promoting the brand on the market, based on which an assessment of the measures, based on the analysis of key performance indicators for mobile network operators (number of subscribers) in comparison with the main competitors in the Russian Federation. As a result of the analysis, offers activities that will help the company strengthen its position in the market of mobile operators in Russia, thus ensuring stability in the period of economic stagnation, which is especially important now, given the current economic and political situation in the world.

The article discusses the current state of the sensory analysis of food products in the domestic and worldwide levels. It summarizes the recearches of the department of commodity research and commodity expertis in the formulation of the educational process of discipline «Sensory analysis of food products» for the training specialists and bachelors in«Commodity». Information is given in comparison with foreign experience of testing and training tasters in accordance with the recommendations CAC/GL 31 - 1999. «Codex Guidelines for the Sensory Evaluation of Fish and Shellfish in Laboratories».