The changing pattern of foreign trade specialization in Indian manufacturing
利用1980年代中期以来的贸易流数据,考察印度制造业的国际贸易专业化格局,发现低技术部门仍主导出口专业化,而高技术部门则依赖进口,但在部分全球贸易最活跃的部门中专业化程度有所提升。
This paper examines the pattern of international trade specialization in Indian manufacturing since the mid-1980s by using data on trade flows. Low-technology sectors still dominate the categories for which India exhibits the largest degree of trade specialization. By contrast, high-technology sectors are prevalent among the categories for which India is import-dependent. Significantly, India has experienced an improvement in the degree of specialization in some of the most dynamic sectors of world trade.