INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ECONOMY ... GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION OF 2009 CONTINUES TO ... A SUCCESSFUL EXPEREINCE OF SRI LANKA
ECONOMIES AND ANIMALS CHINESE ECONOMY
DRAGON ASEAN ECONOMY TIGER INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ECONOMY ELEPHANT
THE ELEPHANT SLOW AND STEADY
PROJECTED GROWTH 6-7% HOME TO 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE THE REGION HAD APPROXIMATELY 400 MILLION PEOPLE TODAY THE MIDDLE CLASS FIGURE IS CLOSE TO THAT
COMPARISONS • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT THROUGHPUT
7 million TEUs approximately • SOUTH CHINA THROUGHPUT 37 million TEUs approximately POPULATION OF CHINA AND INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ABOUT THE SAME
INFRASTRUCTURE OBVIOUSLY IN CLEAR FOCUS
I WILL NOT ! • TELL YOU ABOUT LACK OF ROADS AND BRIDGES • TELL YOU ABOUT ISSUES OF ELECTRICITY • TELL YOU ABOUT CONCERNS OF WATER AND GAS • …AND I WILL CERTAINLY NOT TELL YOU HOW LACK OF PORTS AND FACILITIES HAMPER PROGRESS
I WILL TELL YOU! • THAT TRADES FOLLOW A PATTERN OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS DRIVEN LARGELY BY GLOBAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY • THAT INEFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVES COST OF PRODUCTION HIGHER • THAT HIGH PRODUCTION COST MAKES PRODUCTS COSTLIER AND UNWANTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
SO WHERE IS THE DEMAND? • GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION OF 2009 CONTINUES TO UNNERVE THE ECONOMY • THE US ECONOMY CONTINUES TO STTUTER • THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS A CRISIS IMPACTING DEMAND AND TRADE FROM ASIA WITH IMPORTS DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY • EUROPEAN UNION GDP EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY SHRINK IN 2012 • CHINA HAS FEARS OF A COOLING ECONOMY
SO WHERE IS THAT DEMAND?
IMPORTS ! • THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT IS A NET IMPORTER • INDIA IN 2010 HAD EXPORTS OF USD 188B vs USD 303B IN IMPORTS • INCREASE IN FDI INVESTMENTS EXPECTED BY OVER 20% • THE COUNTRY RANKS ALONG SIDE CHINA AS A PLACE WITH THE LOWEST COST OF DOING BUSINESS
THE SHIPPER AND HIS RADAR WILL ZERO IN DESPITE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES!
EFFICENCIES IN BUSINESS
EASTERN COASTLINE
EFFICENCIES IN BUSINESS
A SUCCESSFUL EXPEREINCE OF SRI LANKA AS A TRANSHIPMENT PORTS
