Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation

This article attempts to answer one crucial research question: why the utilization of India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) route for trade is very poor by the Indian exporters (13%) as compared to their Sri Lankan counterpart (65%) even after one decade of its implementation? The available s...

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Autores principales: Pal, Barun Deb, Pohit, Sanjib
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142905
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description This article attempts to answer one crucial research question: why the utilization of India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) route for trade is very poor by the Indian exporters (13%) as compared to their Sri Lankan counterpart (65%) even after one decade of its implementation? The available studies have blamed the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) which are hamstringing the growth of trade between these partners development of international trade. However, these have considered NTBs as subset of non-tariff measures (NTMs) which are quite narrow sense of finding the hidden barriers within the International trade process. Therefore, this article has analysed in detail the logistic process involved in international trade between India and Sri Lanka to understand various NTBs sheltered within this logistic process. Further, the article has identified issues which are not directly beyond the logistic process which are affecting the international trade between these two countries.JEL: F0, F1
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spelling CGSpace1429052025-11-24T11:21:10Z Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation Pal, Barun Deb Pohit, Sanjib free trade agreements non-tariff barriers to trade exports trade international trade tariffs This article attempts to answer one crucial research question: why the utilization of India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) route for trade is very poor by the Indian exporters (13%) as compared to their Sri Lankan counterpart (65%) even after one decade of its implementation? The available studies have blamed the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) which are hamstringing the growth of trade between these partners development of international trade. However, these have considered NTBs as subset of non-tariff measures (NTMs) which are quite narrow sense of finding the hidden barriers within the International trade process. Therefore, this article has analysed in detail the logistic process involved in international trade between India and Sri Lanka to understand various NTBs sheltered within this logistic process. Further, the article has identified issues which are not directly beyond the logistic process which are affecting the international trade between these two countries.JEL: F0, F1 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:11:17Z 2024-05-22T12:11:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142905 en Limited Access SAGE Publications Pal, Barun Deb; and Pohit, Sanjib. 2020. Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation. South Asia Economic Journal 21(1): 122-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561420903210
spellingShingle free trade agreements
non-tariff barriers to trade
exports
trade
international trade
tariffs
Pal, Barun Deb
Pohit, Sanjib
Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title_full Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title_fullStr Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title_full_unstemmed Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title_short Anatomy of non-tariff barriers in India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement: An empirical investigation
title_sort anatomy of non tariff barriers in india sri lanka free trade agreement an empirical investigation
topic free trade agreements
non-tariff barriers to trade
exports
trade
international trade
tariffs
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