INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• By
• Elisante Ole Gabriel (Tanzania)
• Chartered Marketer
• egabriel_at_edenconsult.net, www.olegabriel.com
• 255-784-455-499

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INTERNATONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• The World Trade Trends

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Trends in world trade
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Trends in world trade (contd)
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Leading importers in world trade in commercial
services 2002
Source World Trade Organization.
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Composition of world merchandise exports
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Direction of world exports
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An overview of Indias foreign trade
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Composition of Indias trade
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Composition (contd)
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Direction of Indias trade exports
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Direction imports (contd)
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Balance of trade
Source Based on DGCIS data
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Gains from international markets

• to measure the benefits derived by a nation from
  
• exports, terms of trade is a widely used
  instrument
• terms of trade a measure of relative changes
  in import
• and export prices of a nation expressed as the
  ratio of
• price index of its exports to price index of
  its imports

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Terms of Trade Net Terms of Trade Unit value
index of exports expressed as a percentage of
unit value index of imports Gross Terms of Trade
Volume index of imports expressed as a
percentage of volume index of exports Income
Terms of Trade Product of net terms of trade and
volume index of exports expressed as a percentage
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Expanded Macro environment
Finally

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