Advance Port Mgmnt PTMT: 402

Unit-1: Trade & Economic Trend

Topic-1 Global trade- definition, role of ports

in developing global trade, major international
ports, container trans-shipment (1+1+3+1)
 Unit-1, Topic-1: Global Trade & Role of
ports, container trans-shipment
Types of Trade:
1. Internal Trade OR Domestic Trade
2. External Trade OR Foreign/ International
Trade
Types of Trade
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Container Trans-shipment
• Internal / Domestic Trade: Buying and selling
of goods and services between two persons/
companies within same country is known as
trade
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Container Trans-shipment
• Internal trade is also known as Home trade. It
is conducted within the political and
geographical boundaries of a country.
• It can be at local level, regional level or
national level.
• Hence trade carried on among traders of
Delhi, Mumbai, etc. is called home trade.
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Container Trans-shipment
• Types of Domestic Trade:
1.Wholesale Trade : It involves buying in large
quantities from producers or manufacturers
and selling in lots to retailers for resale to
consumers.
The wholesaler is a link between manufacturer
and retailer Wholesaler act as a intermediary
between producers and retailers.
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Container Trans-shipment
2. Retail Trade: It involves buying in smaller lots
from the wholesalers and selling in very small
quantities to the consumers for personal use.
The retailer is the last link in the chain of
distribution.
There are different types of retailers small as
well as large. Small scale retailers includes
hawkers, pedlars, general stores, etc.
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Container Trans-shipment
• International Trade: Buying and selling of
goods and services between two nations is
called international trade
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Container Trans-shipment
• Types of International Trade:
1. Import
2. Export
3. Entrepot Trade
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Container Trans-shipment
1. Import Trade : When a trader in home
country obtains or purchase goods from a
trader located in another country, it is called
import trade. For e.g. a trader from India
purchase goods from a trader located in
China.
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Container Trans-shipment
2. Export Trade : When a trader from home
country sells his goods to a trader located in
another country, it is called export trade. For
e.g. a trader from India sells his goods to a
trader located in China.
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Container Trans-shipment
3. Entrepot Trade : When goods are imported
from one country and then re-exported after
doing some processing, it is called entreport
trade. In brief, it can be also called as re-
export of processed imported goods.
Re-export can be to the same country or to the
third country.
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Container Trans-shipment
Feature of Global Trade:
1.Free flow of goods and services in all the
countries
2. Free flow of capital in all the countries
3. Free flow of information and technology in all
the countries
4. Free movement of people in all the countries
5. The same conflict-solving technique in all the
countries
 World (Global) Trade- 2017
(Total 12,997,780 Million USD

Food-77111
Fish-143860
Raw Mat.-270212
Min,Fer/Non Fer 346061
Manufact-12160536
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Container Trans-shipment
What percentage of world trade is by sea?
• Maritime transport is essential to the world's
economy as over 90% of the world's trade is
carried by sea and it is, by far, the most cost-
effective way to move en masse goods and
raw materials around the world.
• Sea trade are handled by the port, hence ports
play an important role in global trade
 Sea Borne Trade (Billion Tonnes)
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Unit-1, Topic-1: Global Trade, Role of Ports,
Container Trans-shipment
Tutorials on Unit-1, Topic-1: 1 hour
 Tutorial
8.1.19 (1140-1240 hrs)
• Revision from past session-
1. What are the types of trade
2. Explain types of home trade, define whole sale and
retail trade
3. Explain import, export and enterport trade
4. List out features of global trade
5. What is role of ports in national economy
6. What do you understand by BoP
7. Name two ports in USA, one in Australia, SA
8. Explain Container transhipment
Unit-1, Topic-1: Global Trade, Role of Ports,
Container Trans-shipment
Container Trans-shipment: Some containers are
moved from origin port to destination port via a
mid port. Such containers are called trans-
shipment containers.
Some ports in the world attract very large no. of
trans-shipment containers, these ports are
known as trans-shipment hub ports. For exp.
Port of Singapore, Port of Colombo etc.
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Container Trans-shipment
Features of Trans-shipment Ports:
1. Location on busy shipping route
2. Excellent port infrastructure
3. Efficiency in container handling
4. Least bureaucratic/ administrative hurdles
Port of Singapore- Locational Advantage

Strait of Malacca
Port of Singapore- Locational Advantage
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Container Trans-shipment

1. Locate following ports on the world sea map-

a. Port of Singapore
b. Port of Colombo
c. Port of Rotterdam
d. Port of Antwarp
e. Port of Miami
f. Port Richards Bay