This book analyses the trade relations between India and other SAARC countries. Tracing the evolution of regional economic cooperation, it reviews the trade policies of India. It further examines the trends in India’s exports and imports in the last decade and its commodity composition since the inception of SAPTA (SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement).

Making a quantitative analysis of India-SAARC trade using various trade indices, it discusses at length the problems facing India-SAARC trade and the possibilities of its expansion. It also tries to explore other areas of mutual cooperation between India and other SAARC countries.