Essay On Foreign Trade

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Foreign trade plays an important role in the economic growth of developing economies like India. Though India is an emerging economy in the world, its foreign trade scenario is not very encouraging. India ranks 20th in merchandise export and 13th in merchandise import while it stands at 7th rank as far as commercial service export is concerned. Its share in world total export is only1.8 percent while in import it is merely 2.12 percent. India has diversified its export basket and also export market over the years but substantial diversification has not taken place. India has become an active and influential player in shaping world trade policy, it is still a small player in world trade and global market. The focus of the government trade policy has been on creating a free environment for trade, streamlining and simplifying the procedures, increasing production for export, focusing on quality of the product, technological up gradation. There are opportunities for India to capture/make access in African countries and other emerging market economies in the world. The …show more content…

Asian, Middle East and African countries are in our proximity resulting advantage in transport cost. Problems, needs and levels of development of developing countries are similar. India has been exporting consumer and capital goods to these countries due to comparative cost advantages. Demand from least developed countries for capital goods, consumer goods, technology and various services has ever been increasing. Due to sufficient development of industry, science and technology, India has been exporting these good and services to least developed countries. Crude and petroleum products are imported from OPEC countries and essential goods and services are exported to these

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