Trends in Agricultural Product’s Exports and Imports of Major SARRC Countries
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-Abstract
In this research paper an attempt is made to analyze the growth and instability of agriculture product’s exports
and imports of five major SAARC countries. The study is mainly based on secondary data obtained from world trade
organization reports and world banks reports. The time period we consider for this study is span of 15 years from 2001 to
2015. Coefficient variation, instability index and exponential growth rate are employed along with descriptive statistics and;
ANOVA and regression analysis is used for analyze the data. The result of the study reveals that the positive growth phase
and significant variations have been observed across the selected countries regarding to exports and imports. India is
performing as better regarding exports with highest growth rate followed by Pakistan. Nepal is most dependent country as
per imports followed by India and Bangladesh. The imports of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan ranked at a higher compared
to exports result in a decrease in the GDP and the exports of Nepal and Sri Lanka ranked at a higher compared to imports
result in an increase in the GDP.
