Exploring trade and investment opportunities between India and select African and Asian economies

“Using descriptive statistical analysis, this study examines trade and investment opportunities between India and 41 African and Asian economies (mostly LDCs) by focusing on the latter’s export opportunities in the Indian market and on India’s investment opportunities in the selected countries. It also discusses barriers to realizing the identified trade and investment opportunities between India and the selected economies, based on a review of the existing literature.”

“Finally, the study has also undertaken a quadrant analysis to identify the products and services where the selected countries still have low shares in Indian imports despite a revealed comparative advantage in exporting, suggesting the need for active trade promotion policies. Across both regions, most of these products belong to the categories of general, electric and precision machinery followed by wood articles, paper articles, as well as fruits and vegetable products, and also some textiles items in the case of Asian LDCs. For services, transportation, other business services, financial, and computer and information services have been identified as the target sectors for pursuing active trade promotion policies.”