**Table 6: Product Composition of South Asia’s Intra-regional and Extra-regional Exports (1981–98)**

||**Food &**<br>**Anim**|**Live**<br>**als**|**Beverag**<br>**Tobac**|**es &**<br>**co**|**Crud**<br>**Materi**|**e**<br>**als**|**Minera**<br>**Fue**|**ls &**<br>**ls**<br>|**Anim**<br>**Vegetab**|**al &**<br>**le Fat**|**Chemi**<br>**Mate**|**cals &**<br>**rial**|**Manufa**<br>**Goo**|**cture**<br>**ds**|**Machin**<br>**Trans**<br>**Equip**|**ery &**<br>**port**<br>**ment**<br>|**Mis**<br>**Manufa**|**c.**<br>**ctures**|**Gol**<br>**Ammun**<br>**etc**|**d,**<br>**ition**<br>**.**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**<br>|**ROW**|**SA**<br>|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**|**ROW**|**SA**<br>|**ROW**|
|**India**|||||||||||||||||||||
|1981|10.2|26.6|0.9|3.4|7.2|10.1|14.6|0.0|0.3|0.2|9.3|4.4|22.8|33.2|31.4|7.6|3.0|14.2|0.2|0.2|
|1990|11.0|14.0|1.5|0.8|8.3|9.8|0.9|2.9|0.0|0.3|7.7|7.4|40.9|37.4|26.0|7.4|2.6|18.3|0.9|1.6|
|1995|21.5|15.7|1.0|0.9|3.7|5.1|1.5|1.1|0.1|0.5|11.3|9.8|41.2|38.6|15.7|8.0|2.5|18.4|1.6|1.9|
|1998|41.1|15.0|0.6|0.6|2.4|4.1|2.0|0.4|0.1|0.5|11.1|9.3|25.3|38.5|13.3|6.9|2.6|22.3|1.5|2.4|
|**Pakistan**|||||||||||||||||||||
|1995|20.6|8.8|0.0|0.1|25.3|10.9|0.2|1.3|0.0|0.0|1.6|0.4|48.5|54.7|1.8|0.3|1.6|23.2|0.3|0.2|
|1997|33.9|11.5|0.0|0.1|9.5|4.3|2.1|1.0|0.0|0.0|3.4|0.7|45.7|56.4|1.7|0.2|2.6|25.7|1.1|0.3|
|1998|63.2|13.2|0.0|0.1|4.9|2.3|0.1|0.3|0.0|0.1|1.8|0.7|26.3|54.0|1.4|0.4|1.7|28.7|0.6|0.1|
|**Banglade**|**sh**||||||||||||||||||||
|1981|43.8|15.4|0.0|0.3|24.7|16.5|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|6.7|0.6|23.1|64.9|0.2|0.6|0.3|1.1|1.3|0.7|
|1990|27.4|14.2|0.6|0.1|44.2|6.8|0.6|1.3|0.0|0.0|16.4|1.1|9.1|33.9|0.6|0.9|0.6|41.6|0.3|0.1|
|1998|29.0|7.1|0.0|0.1|59.6|1.7|0.5|0.2|0.0|0.0|24.7|0.9|7.9|11.4|2.2|1.1|1.7|77.4|0.1|0.2|
|**Sri Lanka**|||||||||||||||||||||
|1981|65.2|45.0|0.2|0.4|16.2|19.0|14.6|14.2|1.2|1.1|0.3|0.5|1.2|3.6|0.3|0.5|0.8|15.7||0.1|
|1990|38.7|33.1|0.0|0.3|38.5|7.8|0.9|1.5|8.9|0.4|3.0|1.0|7.1|13.5|1.8|1.9|1.1|36.3|0.0|4.2|
|1995|41.4|19.7|0.3|1.2|36.5|4.3|0.0|0.7|4.6|0.1|5.8|0.9|7.8|15.5|1.8|2.3|1.8|53.4|0.0|1.9|
|1998|35.3|16.1|0.4|0.7|22.4|2.3|0.1|0.5|2.6|0.1|4.1|0.8|23.5|14.4|5.6|4.6|5.9|60.3||0.3|
|**Nepal**|||||||||||||||||||||
|1981|65.4|42.9|0.0|0.0|19.6|18.7|0.0|0.0|3.7|2.2|5.7|3.4|5.3|25.9|0.0|2.0|0.1|3.8|0.2|1.2|
|1990|62.0|11.3|0.1|0.3|24.9|4.0|0.0|0.0|1.9|0.8|2.0|0.5|7.5|51.8|0.0|0.0|1.7|31.0|0.0|0.3|
|1998|34.2|3.0|0.0|0.0|0.2|1.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.1|53.6|0.1|0.2|0.2|39.0|65.0|3.4|
|**Bhutan**|||||||||||||||||||||
|1981|0.0|72.7|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.9|6.4|0.3|38.9|1.7|37.3|4.0|16.3|3.3|1.1|4.5|0.0|85.2|0.0|0.0|
|1995|15.7|20.4|7.5|9.7|11.2|14.5|25.7|33.3|0.0|0.0|20.4|26.5|18.9|24.4|0.0|0.0|0.5|1.2|0.0|0.0|
|1998|28.3|3.8|1.5|0.0|6.5|9.9|4.5|37.1|0.0|0.0|5.3|1.2|53.2|17.7|0.6|15.1|0.0|14.9|0.0|0.3|

Source: Based on WITS database, World Bank **_SA_** _=Intra-Regional South Asia Trade;_ **_ROW_** _=Rest of the World_ . The product classifications are based on SITC 2-digit heading (Rev. 2). _Food and Live Animals_ includes meat and meat preparations, dairy, fish, vegetables sugar coffee; _Minerals and Fuel_ includes petroleum products, gas etc.; _Chemicals and Material_ includes fertilizer; _Manufactured Goods_ includes textile yarn, rubber products, iron and steel etc.; _Misc. Manufactures_ includes articles of apparel and clothing.

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