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Discuss the changing composition of international trade through major seaports of India.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Transport, Communication and Trade

About 95 per cent of India's trade by volume moves by sea, and the commodity mix at each major port reads directly off what its hinterland produces and consumes.

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  • Port by Port, and How the Mix Has Moved
  • The Aggregate Shift
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