This research examines the competitive advantages of the industrial sector of the national economies within the setting of the Eurasian Economic Union. The authors have analyzed a set of indicators of socio-economic development in the member states, including mutual and foreign trade, GDP, and key trends in industrial production. Special attention is devoted to the competitive advantages of Kazakhstan in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The authors have assessed the level of competitiveness of Kazakhstan-made products in the Union’s market place.

The article presents the theoretical foundations and summarizes scientific and methodological provisions on the problems of food security, market development, competi-tion, formation of competitiveness of products, production, and producers in market conditions of management, taking into account domestic and foreign experience. The structure of the country's food potential and elements of increasing its competitiveness are described. The article notes the importance of developing and strengthening the country's agro-industrial complex as the basis for its food supply. The problem of food security in the modern world is primarily related to the prob-lem of hunger and malnutrition of the population, the protection of state interests, including en-suring and maintaining socio-economic stability in the country, and meeting the vital need for food. The article describes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the development of agriculture.