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Impact of ASEAN India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) on India's HS-85 (Electrical Goods) Exports


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The trade agreement in goods between India and ASEAN became operational in January, 2010. The paper attempts an enquiry into the Tariff concession given to India by the ASEAN countries in the electrical goods sector and also attempts to identify product lines at HS 4 levels sub segments in the same where there could be possibility for the exports to increase due to tariff cuts in the significant product categories as the two regions become more important trading partners in times to come. The paper will also give an overview of the tariff cuts in the identified tariff lines given by the ASEAN nations to India.

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Trade, ASEAN, India, Export, Tariff, Electrical Goods, Sectoral Trade.
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Authors

Parul Bajaj
BIMTECH, Greater Noida, India
Anuj Sharma
BIMTECH, Greater Noida, India

Abstract


The trade agreement in goods between India and ASEAN became operational in January, 2010. The paper attempts an enquiry into the Tariff concession given to India by the ASEAN countries in the electrical goods sector and also attempts to identify product lines at HS 4 levels sub segments in the same where there could be possibility for the exports to increase due to tariff cuts in the significant product categories as the two regions become more important trading partners in times to come. The paper will also give an overview of the tariff cuts in the identified tariff lines given by the ASEAN nations to India.

Keywords


Trade, ASEAN, India, Export, Tariff, Electrical Goods, Sectoral Trade.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22552/jijmr%2F2016%2Fv2%2Fi2%2F125046