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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    310 : India-APEC Products Trade: Importance of Trade in Intermediate Products and the Challenges Ahead

    Deeparghya Mukherjee, Visiting Research Fellow at ISAS

    2 February 2016

    India's principal trade partners are countries/economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and over the last decade the share of APEC in India's trade has been growing. Specifically, India's trade share with East and Southeast Asian countries has been increasing significantly. Given that APEC's share in world trade increases year on year, as well as its share in India's trade basket, there is a need to look deeper into this.