因为南斯拉夫处于一个相对不发达的小国地位,它的领导者所制定的建设社会主义社会的计划,经常强调外贸在经济增长中的作用。在三十年的经济试验中,对外贸的确切的作用所作出的可行性分析,有了急剧的修改。简而言之,它经历了三个时期。每个时期都是以如何处理外贸与增长的关系、外贸与国内经济分权化程度的关系这两个论题为特征的,如下表: Because Yugoslavia is in a relatively undeveloped small state, the plan laid down by its leaders for building a socialist society often emphasizes the role of foreign trade in economic growth. In the thirty years of economic experiments, the feasibility analysis of the exact role of foreign trade has been drastically revised. In short, it has gone through three periods. Each period is characterized by the following two topics: how to handle the relationship between foreign trade and growth and the relationship between foreign trade and the degree of domestic economic decentralization, as shown in the following table: