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Composition of India’s Foreign Trade

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Maharashtra State Board: Class 12

Key Points: Composition of India’s Foreign Trade

India’s foreign trade has grown sharply and shifted from primary goods to manufactured, high‑value items over the last 70 years.

  • Share in GNI rose from about 17.5% (1990‑91) to nearly 49% (2016‑17), with much higher volume and value of trade.
  • Exports moved from jute, cotton, tea and other primary goods to garments, gems‑jewellery and electronic/engineering products.
  • Imports shifted from mainly consumer goods to petroleum plus capital goods like machinery, chemicals, fertilisers and steel.
  • Around two‑thirds of India’s trade is oceanic, and new ports like Kandla, Cochin, Visakhapatnam and Nhava Sheva were developed to ease older ports such as Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
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