Pakistan-India Trade:
Pakistan-India Trade: Pakistan-India Trade:
Managing India-Pakistan Trade Relations Table 2: india’s Trade with Pakistan and the rest of the World 2008–09 ($ Millions) Exports to Pakistan India’s Total Exports Percentage Share to Pakistan Imports from Pakistan India’s Total Imports Percentage Share from Pakistan Total Trade with Pakistan India’s Total Trade Percentage Share with Pakistan Source: Economic Survey of India. Most studies calculate that because of low transport costs, the dismantling of tariff and non-tariff barriers, the granting of MFN status to India by Pakistan, and the improvement of logistics arrangements, the total volume of bilateral trade should be able to rise to approximately | 61 | 1,914 189,000 1.01% 320 257,600 0.12% 2,234 446,600 0.50% Table 3: Pakistan’s Trade with india and the rest of the World 2008–09 ($ Millions) Exports to India Pakistan’s Total Exports Percentage Share to India Imports from India Pakistan’s Total Imports Percentage Share from India Total Trade with India Pakistan’s Total Trade Percentage Share with India Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan. 320 19,121 1.7% 1,914 31,747 6.0% 2,234 50,868 4.39%
Ishrat Husain $8 to $10 billion annually. Today Pakistan and India together ship $300 billion worth of goods to all parts of the world. This increased bilateral volume would still account for only about 3 percent of the two countries’ trade volume. Therefore, the expectations at least in the short run should be tempered with a sense of realism on both sides. The full-scale realization of the potential of trade will take some time. Like a newly planted sapling, it will require tender care in nurturing and protecting it from strong winds and other extraneous influences that would otherwise uproot this weak plant. This essay presents the reactions of Pakistani business groups to the granting of MFN status to India, identifies major risks to the growth of India-Pakistan trade, and concludes by arguing for careful management of this relationship by the two sides as it remains fragile. Pakistan realizes that the liberalization of bilateral trade between Pakistan and India would not only lend impetus to both economies in a beneficial way, but also remove the barriers to regional integration within South Asia. The potential advantage for Pakistan from broader regional economic integration appears to be large. Going well beyond the immediate creation of trade flows, capital investment, and joint economic ventures, cooperation in the fields of IT, science and technology, and research and development would, in all likelihood, boost productivity of domestic industries and stimulate economic growth. Major political parties and other influential stakeholders have realized that the Pakistani economy is lagging behind other countries and Pakistan has not taken advantage of its strategic location between two of the world’s most populous and high-performance economies—China and India. With the signing of the free trade agreement with China in 2006, Pakistani markets and producers have already adjusted to relatively cheaper imports from China. They no longer consider that the threat of Indian products flooding Pakistani markets and displacing domestic industries carries much substance. In some areas such as fashion wear, bed wear, home textiles, and cement, Pakistan would be able to do much better and penetrate a much larger market. The overwhelming support from Pakistani businessmen for MFN status to India is partly a reflection of this sense of confidence. Traders and importers in Pakistan are anticipating much larger business volumes, and thus profits, for themselves from this opening up. Trade liberalization will unambiguously benefit Pakistani | 62 |
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Table 2: india’s <strong>Trade</strong> with <strong>Pakistan</strong> and the rest of the World<br />
2008–09 ($ Millions)<br />
Exports to <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
<strong>India</strong>’s Total Exports<br />
Percentage Share to <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
Imports from <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
<strong>India</strong>’s Total Imports<br />
Percentage Share from <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
Total <strong>Trade</strong> with <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
<strong>India</strong>’s Total <strong>Trade</strong><br />
Percentage Share with <strong>Pakistan</strong><br />
Source: Economic Survey of <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Most studies calculate that because of low transport costs, the dismantling<br />
of tariff and non-tariff barriers, the granting of MFN status to<br />
<strong>India</strong> by <strong>Pakistan</strong>, and the improvement of logistics arrangements, the<br />
total volume of bilateral trade should be able to rise to approximately<br />
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1,914<br />
189,000<br />
1.01%<br />
320<br />
257,600<br />
0.12%<br />
2,234<br />
446,600<br />
0.50%<br />
Table 3: <strong>Pakistan</strong>’s <strong>Trade</strong> with india and the rest of the World<br />
2008–09 ($ Millions)<br />
Exports to <strong>India</strong><br />
<strong>Pakistan</strong>’s Total Exports<br />
Percentage Share to <strong>India</strong><br />
Imports from <strong>India</strong><br />
<strong>Pakistan</strong>’s Total Imports<br />
Percentage Share from <strong>India</strong><br />
Total <strong>Trade</strong> with <strong>India</strong><br />
<strong>Pakistan</strong>’s Total <strong>Trade</strong><br />
Percentage Share with <strong>India</strong><br />
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of <strong>Pakistan</strong>.<br />
320<br />
19,121<br />
1.7%<br />
1,914<br />
31,747<br />
6.0%<br />
2,234<br />
50,868<br />
4.39%
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