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Tariff barriers pull India down in global trade index

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D Ravi Kanth Geneva

Unlike China, which is ranked 48th, India continues to have restrictive market access with tariff barriers "representing a more serious impediment that non-tariff barriers," says the report.

Consequently, India is ranked 105th in market access among the 118 countries surveyed in the report with tariff and non-tariff barriers pushing the country to the 112th place.

 

According to the report, the global ETI measures factors, policies and services facilitating free flow of goods across borders. It includes four main components

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First Published: Jun 19 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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