Production fragmentation in trade of manufactured goods in India: prospects and challenges

Sadhana Srivastava and Rahul Sen

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 2015, vol. 22, issue 1, 33-66

Abstract: The present paper analyses the phenomenon of production fragmentation in trade of manufactured goods in India, using trade data at the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) 5-digit product level. It estimates production fragmentation through a decomposition of intra-industry trade in parts and components into horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade over the period 1994-2012. The paper at the product level finds that aircraft parts and automobile parts and the components industry are emerging areas of production fragmentation in manufactured goods trade over this sample period. It further observes that aircraft parts (SITC 79295) is the only parts and component product to undergo product fragmentation at the higher end of the global value chain and that the auto parts and components industry is found to be experiencing this primarily at the lower end of the value chain. The findings are consistent with the existing literature supporting the view that to harness the existing potential of fragmentation that exists in these industries, Indian policymakers need to create a business environment conducive for moving up the quality ladder in the global value chain.

Keywords: Production fragmentation; India; horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade; VIIT; parts and components; value chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F14 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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