Table 2: Intra-regional trade in South Asia: imports (million US-$)
 

To/from	Bangla- desh	Bhutan	India	Mal- dives	Nepal	Paki- stan	Sri Lanka	SAARC	World	SAARC per cent
Bangladesh
1985			65			18	5	88	2.536	3
1986			57			26	8	91	2.550	4
1987			74			37	5	116	2.730	4
1988			90			63	8	161	3.034	5
1989		2	121		1	26	14	164	3.618	5
1990		7	170		2	70	8	257	3.656	7
1991		4	189			57	5	255	3.421	7
1992		4	284			88	6	382	3.731	10
1993		3	380			90	7	480	4.015	12
1994		8	467		1	110	7	593	4.584	13
1995		4	994		4	138	11	1.151	6.496	18
1996		5	1.138		5	87	11	1.246	7.074	18
India
1985	29				50	28	5	112	16.329	1
1986	8				40	15	10	73	15.051	0
1987	14				41	23	6	84	16.841	0
1988	15				44	26	7	92	19.129	0
1989	2				46	34	7	89	20.264	0
1990	15				15	45	22	97	23.990	0
1991	6				19	58	12	95	19.509	0
1992	10	1			23	146	14	194	23.227	1
1993	13	3			19	47	17	99	21.482	0
1994	34	3			14	47	31	129	25.981	0
1995	79	16			27	37	39	198	34.456	1
1996	42	23			36	49	2	152	40.090	0
Maldives
1985			1				6	7	70	10
1986			2				6	8	78	10
1987			3				7	10	98	10
1988			3			1	9	13	122	11
1989			7			1	6	14	143	10
1990			7			1	10	18	138	13
1991			11			1	11	23	162	14
1992			14			1	12	27	191	14
1993			16			1	13	30	193	16
1994			24			1	14	39	222	18
1995			31			1	15	47	357	13
1996			36			3	18	57	422	14
Nepal
1985	6		90					96	295	33
1986	11		90					101	324	31
1987	6		80			2		88	466	19
1988	5		90			1	1	97	534	18
1989	11		36			1	3	51	426	12
1990	8		43			1		52	452	12
1991	13		85			1		99	500	20
1992			80			2	1	83	477	17
1993	8		83					91	527	17
1994	16		93			4		113	615	18
1995	11		118			3		132	752	18
1996	1		150			6	1	158	645	24
Pakistan
1985	46		16		2		31	95	5.889	2
1986	44		13		2		35	94	5.367	2
1987	50		12		1		31	94	5.819	2
1988	40		29		1		53	123	6.588	2
1989	45		30		1		49	125	7.107	2
1990	38		46				37	121	7.383	2
1991	37	1	44		4		34	120	8.431	1
1992	50	2	52		4		33	141	9.375	2
1993	38	2	67		1		41	149	9.492	2
1994	24	1	72				42	139	8.884	2
1995	35	2	81		1		50	169	11.460	1
1996	36		212	27			45	320	12.150	3
Sri Lanka
1985			75	4	4	34		117	1.832	6
1986			79	5	14	46		144	1.829	8
1987			84	5	3	47		139	2.056	7
1988	17		91	4		70		182	2.279	8
1989	4		66	6		51		127	2.087	6
1990	9		118	6		51		184	2.636	7
1991	4		220	10		74		308	3.061	10
1992	15		307	9	24	67		422	3.473	12
1993	7		343	11		55		416	4.005	10
1994	8		404	15	1	61		489	4.767	10
1995	6		469	17	1	52		545	4.767	11
1996	2		562	14		69		647	5.028	13
SAARC
1985	81	0	247	4	56	80	47	515	26.951	2
1986	63	0	241	5	56	87	59	511	25.199	2
1987	70	0	253	5	45	109	49	531	28.010	2
1988	77	0	303	4	45	161	78	668	31.686	2
1989	62	2	260	6	48	113	79	570	33.645	2
1990	70	7	384	6	17	168	77	729	38.255	2
1991	60	5	549	10	23	191	62	900	35.084	3
1992	75	7	737	9	51	304	66	1.249	40.474	3
1993	66	8	889	11	20	193	78	1.265	39.714	3
1994	82	12	1.060	15	16	223	94	1.502	45.053	3
1995	131	22	1.693	17	33	231	115	2.242	58.288	4
1996	81	28	2.098	41	41	214	77	2.580	65.409	4

Note: Compiled on the basis of exports. - World: DOTS. - No information on Bhutan.

Source: 1985-1986: IMF. Direction of trade statistics 1992. - 1987-1989: dito 1994. - 1990-1996: dito 1997.