International Financial Management: An Analytical Framework

CHAPTER 27

India’s Import–Export Policies

CHAPTER OUTLINE

• Historical Perspective

• Governing Authority

• India: Pre- and Post-liberalization

• Liberalization Policy of Exim

• Annexure I

• Annexure II

• Annexure III

• Exim Performance

• Exim Policies

• India’s Exim Performance

• Regional Trade Agreements

• Export Promotion Measures

• Special Economic Zones

• Agri-export Zones

• Highlights of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009–2014 764

• Case

• Summary

• Key Words

• Questions

• References

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Historically, export and import (exim) controls were first introduced in India in 1939 as a wartime measure under the Defence of India Act and Rules, 1939. This was primarily with a view to regulate the available foreign exchange and limited ...