India’s Exports and Export Policies in the 1960’s

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
List of tables......Page 11
Preface......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 18
A note on statistical tables......Page 19
Introduction......Page 20
PART ONE - GENERAL......Page 22
1 - An outline of the approach......Page 24
Growth in world demand......Page 25
Changing commodity composition......Page 26
Changing market distribution......Page 27
Competitiveness......Page 28
2 - Export performance in the 1960s: an overview......Page 35
India\'s share in world exports......Page 40
Changes in commodity composition......Page 41
Changes in export markets......Page 44
PART TWO - EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS: A MICRO APPROACH......Page 51
3 - Jute manufactures......Page 53
World exports and the demand for jute goods......Page 54
Competition from substitutes......Page 57
Competitiveness of India\'s jute industry......Page 64
Summary......Page 77
4 - Cotton textiles......Page 79
World trade in cotton textiles......Page 81
Competitiveness of Indian textiles......Page 84
The GATT Long Term Arrangement......Page 94
Non-price factors......Page 100
Summary......Page 103
5 - Tea......Page 105
World demand for tea and India\'s exports......Page 106
Market distribution of exports......Page 111
Competitiveness......Page 115
Summary......Page 126
6 - Cashew and tobacco......Page 128
Trends in world trade and consumption......Page 130
New markets for Indian cashew nuts......Page 133
Increasing competition......Page 135
The world market for tobacco......Page 140
India\'s competitiveness and the exportable surplus......Page 144
Summary......Page 150
7 - Minerals......Page 152
World demand for iron ore......Page 153
Market distribution of India\'s iron ore exports......Page 156
Supply constraints in India......Page 158
The export potential......Page 162
World trade in manganese ore......Page 166
Market distribution......Page 169
Domestic cost and supply conditions......Page 172
World demand and trends in consumption......Page 176
Domestic policies......Page 178
Summary......Page 180
8 - Leather and chemicals......Page 182
World trade in leather......Page 184
Domestic supply conditions......Page 186
Market distribution......Page 188
Non-price factors......Page 189
Commodity composition......Page 192
Competitiveness......Page 195
Market distribution......Page 198
Summary......Page 200
9 - Engineering goods......Page 201
Changing commodity composition......Page 203
Changes in market distribution......Page 208
Competitiveness......Page 212
Summary......Page 233
PART THREE - POLICY ANALYSIS: A MACRO ECONOMIC VIEW......Page 235
The outlook on exports......Page 237
Export promotion policies......Page 239
An evalutation of policy......Page 272
Estimates of net devaluation......Page 285
The influence of exogenous factors......Page 293
Export performance since 1966......Page 298
Implications and evaluation......Page 311
12 - Bilateral rupee trade and export growth......Page 314
The working of trade and payments agreements......Page 315
Bilateralism: a theoretical approach......Page 318
Export trends in the 1960s......Page 323
Net export growth: some estimates......Page 328
The terms of trade......Page 347
A summary assessment......Page 354
Export performance......Page 357
Export policies......Page 362
An overview......Page 364
Export trends since 1970: an overview......Page 369
Analysis of export performance......Page 377
The wider context......Page 389
Select bibliography......Page 396
Index......Page 400