Asean
- 1. ASEAN
- 3. Establishment of ASEAN Bangkok, 8 august 1967
- 17. ASEAN SUMMIT First ASEAN Summit –Bali,1976 Second ASEAN Summit – Kuala Lumpur,1977 Third ASEAN Summit- Manila,1987 Fourth ASEAN Summit- Singapore,1992 Fifth ASEAN Summit- Bangkok,1995 Sixth ASEAN Summit-Hanoi,1998 Seventh ASEAN Summit –Bandar Seri Begawan,2001 Eighth ASEAN Summit –Cambodia,2002 Ninth ASEAN Summit –Indonesia,2003 Tenth ASEAN Summit –Vientiane,2004 Eleventh ASEAN Summit –Kaula Lumpur,2005 Twelfth ASEAN Summit – Cebu,Phillipines,2007
- 18. ASEAN Cooperation with Dialogue Partners The first group of countries which ASEAN’s external relations centered on were the major trading partners of ASEAN. ASEAN formally established full dialogues relations with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the UNDP in 1976, the United States in 1977, the European Union in 1980, Canada in 1981, Republic of Korea in 1991. India which was a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN since 1993 was elevated to a Dialogue Partner in 1995. China and Russia in 1996,Pakistan established Sectoral Dialogue relations with ASEAN in 1997
- 19. INDO – ASEAN Trade and Economic Relations The trade and economic relations between India and countries of the ASEAN region though quite old were not quantitatively significant. In 1970-71, India’s total trade with the world was of the order of Rs.3106 crore of which ASEAN accounted for 1.87 per cent only. ASEAN’s share in exports and imports during that year was 2.65 and 1.12 per cent respectively. From 1996-97 onwards India’s trade balance with ASEAN countries has been unfavourable, the imports exceeding the exports.
- 20. India’s trade with ASEAN Year Export Imports Trade Balance 1999-2000 2234.99 5090.90 -2855.91 2000-01 2880 4064.88 -1184.88 2001-02 3467.33 4400.31 -932.98 2002-03 4627.65 5160.33 -532.68 2003-04 5825.71 7438.22 -1612.51 2004-05 8422.42 9110.91 -688.49 2005-06 10511.72 10609.34 -97.62