Let the trade flow

The recent India-ASEAN FTA, to be signed at the 2008 Bangkok India-ASEAN Summit in December, could open the fl oodgates for bilateral trade.

India

GDP: $1,000,000 mn GDP growth rate: 9.0 per cent* Exports to ASEAN: $10.83 bn Imports from ASEAN: $16.33 bn

Lao PDR

GDP: $4,128.1 mn GDP growth rate: 6.0 per cent Exports to India: $0.08 mn Imports from India: $2.93 mn

Myanmar

GDP $12,632.7 mn GDP growth rate: 5.6 per cent Exports to India: $596.07 mn Imports from India: $123.36 mn

Cambodia

GDP $8,662.3 mn GDP growth rate: 10.1 per cent Exports to India: $0.77 mn Imports from India: $35.58 mn

All data for 2007/2007-08; *Q1 GDP growth rate for 2008-09 is 7.9 per cent