Abstract
A Trade Perception Survey was undertaken to understand how stakeholders engaged in India-Pakistan trade perceived impediments faced by them in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Based on an analysis of information collected in the survey on six indicators – awareness of trade policy, ease of meeting standards, market access, business facilitation, customs and documentation, and infrastructure at ports – the study recommends policy options that the Indian and Pakistani governments could consider to reduce impediments. As India and Pakistan are in the midst of a trade normalization process, the recommendations made would help the two governments address the impediments highlighted in the study.
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Note that the sample size is not representative of the population due to time and resource constraints. The results obtained in our survey are only indicative.
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ICRIER conducted the survey in collaboration with Dun and Bradstreet.
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Sectors of the Harmonized System (HS) of classification, aggregated to the 2-digit level.
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This is more than double the average annual rate of growth of India’s exports to Pakistan (which stood at just 9 % in the same period).
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Perception of no change in congestion levels for air mode is not unlikely, given that the overall efficiency level of this mode is already high.
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Pohit, S., Taneja, N., Mehra, M., Mukherjee, P. (2015). India-Pakistan: Trade Perception Survey. In: Taneja, N., Pohit, S. (eds) India-Pakistan Trade. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1949-1_4
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