Expansion of chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industry domestically and abroad are significant factor in stimulation of medicinal, aromatic and spice herbs production in regions of FR Yugoslavia.

Along with growing economical development, everywhere in world general trend of returning to natural resources in nutrition and healing is becoming more dominant. In that respect production and usage of medicinal, aromatic and spice herbs are gaining in importance.

Production of medicinal, aromatic and spice herbs is extremely export oriented. For a number of years, 50% in average of total produced and bought quantities are exported from the area of FR Yugoslavia.

Export of medicinal, aromatic and spice herbs in FR Yugoslavia for a number of years is unstable, from aspect of exported quantities and money earned respectively. Exported quantities and export prices of these products traditionally fluctuate to a great extent. A number of factors influence this state of foreign trade, starting form natural conditions, including economical and political factors.

At the end, when speaking of export product structure, raw materials are most common export article, than followed by teas. Products of higher degree of production are the least exported articles from the territory of FR Yugoslavia.

Key words: medicinal herbs, aromatic herbs, spice herbs, production, export, prices, market.