Border Trade: North-East India and Neighbouring Countries

This book is the result of an attempt made to assess the nature of trading activities across the borders between India’s north-east and neighbouring countries. Attempts have been made to understand as to whether there exists any basis for trade in terms of compatibility between the resource/production structure of the north-eastern region and the demand structure of the neighbouring countries, particularly Bangladesh and Myanmar, with whom India is having significant trade relations. Besides analysing the nature and trends of formal/official/legal trade, observations have been made for qualitative study of the informal/unofficial/illegal trade (smuggling). The implications of border trade for the economy of the north-eastern region have been marked and growth/development potentials have been identified.