India's
Intra Industry Trade
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 2
Introduction 4
Theoretical Framework 5
Methodology 6
Analysis 8
Sensitivity Analysis 12
Industry Analysis 14
Sugar industry 14
Diamond industry 18
Man made staple fibres 22
Preserved food industry 29
Carbon industry 36
Conclusion 41
Introduction
The project of Intra Industry trade of India from 1990-2000 is an attempt to understand the India's trade with world and changes taking place in the nature of trade in various commodities. To achieve this process of understanding we followed a methodology, which is being described subsequently. Working on the lines of that methodology analysis has been done of the extracted data relevant to our objective. Thereafter analysis is done by evaluating Grubel Lloyd Index, commodities in Vertical and horizontal Category and evaluating their respective indices.
This is being followed by choosing 5 industries based on the factors viz. Technology, Labour, Role of Government and Role of Domestic Consumers which cover the broadest of the economic framework and can be utilized for further prediction. We have chosen following sectors and analysis done in these try to answer associated questions qualititaively:
? Diamond: How the Labour abundance and skill shaped the magnitude and nature of Trade in diamond Sector?
? Sugar: How much can Government affect the direction and strength of trade and role of technological upgradation & skillset ...