Impact of tariff reduction according to Doha modalities on India’s trade of agricultural products

This article attempts to estimate how India’s trade in agricultural products will be affected by tariff reductions according to the tiered formula of the 2008 draft modalities in the Doha round of the World Trade Organisation. The estimates indicate that the reductions in agricultural tariff rates will lead to an increase in India’s imports of agricultural products by about 1% and an increase in its exports of agricultural products to the us and us markets by about 2% to 4%.