India–EU FTA: Implications for India’s Marine Products

B. H. Nagoor () and Shankar Eiti
Additional contact information
B. H. Nagoor: Karnatak University
Shankar Eiti: Karnatak University

Chapter Chapter 7 in Indian Agriculture Under the Shadows of WTO and FTAs, 2021, pp 139-157 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract With the growing trade integration of India with the world, trade in marine products, like any other sector of the Indian economy, has become exposed to heightened international competition. After being stalled for several years, recent calls were made to resume the India–EU FTA negotiations. In India, marine products trade is significant in terms of providing employment to the millions of poor people, and the EU is one of the largest trading partners of India in this sector. In this backdrop, the paper aims to assess the impact of India–EU FTA through trade and economic linkages. The paper seeks to examine the problems faced by Indian exporters of marine product, and the strategies to enhance the marine exports of India under the Indo-EU FTA. The study indicates that though the EU is a major marine export destination of India even today, but its share has been continuously declining over time. Even though the EU imposes relatively lower tariffs on India’s marine products, India faces many constraints in exporting marine products to the EU. Under the proposed India–EU FTA, the present non-tariff barriers, particularly the stringent regulations and standards, need to be addressed so as to reach a mutually beneficial solution.

Keywords: Marine products exports; FTA; Tariffs; Regulations and standard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-33-6854-5_7

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789813368545

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6854-5_7

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in India Studies in Business and Economics from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().