International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 5

An overview of India's international trade in transport services

  • Author:
  • Minu Singal
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 75 to 88

Associate Professor, Economics, CIS Kanya Mahavidhyalaya, Fatehpur-Pundri, Distt Kaithal, Haryana

Online published on 21 November, 2013.

Abstract

International trade in service sector has been seeing dynamic growth in the last few decades and so is the case with all its sub-sectors. This article gets an overview of the transport services sector – the 5th largest traded service sector. The article looks into the progress made in terms of market access commitments and otherwise in the sector and then some of its major sub-sectors viz. Maritime transport, Air transport and Rail and Road transport are analysed separately. Commitments undertaken by India in her Schedule and later in her offers are also discussed along with the growth of international trade in transport services.

Keywords

Air transport, Commitments, Maritime, Transport, WTO