Title: An analysis of India’s bilateral intra-industry trade in agricultural products

Authors: Poornima Varma

Addresses: Department of Policy Studies, TERI University, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India

Abstract: This study attempts to analyse the extent of intra-industry trade (IIT) in India’s agricultural trade. This study showed that the agricultural trade between India and its two major trading partners, the USA and European Union, was mainly inter-industry in nature. However, there was a mild tendency for IIT to increase during the period of 2000–2008. The marginal intra-industry trade calculated for trade between both the partners indicated that the export was expanding at the cost of imports.

Keywords: marginal trade; agricultural products; USA; EU; European Union; India; United States; bilateral trade; trading partners; inter-industry trade; exports; imports; agriculture; farming; food; economics; business research; intra-industry trade.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEBR.2012.044246

International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2012 Vol.4 No.1/2, pp.83 - 95

Published online: 25 Nov 2014 *

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