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Foreign Trade is the engine of economic development of any country. It is exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). While international trade has been present throughout much of history, its economic, social, and political importance has been on the rise in recent centuries. The main objective of the present study (i) To analyze the impact of post reform on Trade performance in India during 1991-92 to 2018-19. (ii) To study the trends and growth performance of export and import in India. (iii) To understand the changes in the export and import an India. The present study is based upon the time series secondary data collected from various published sources of Government Agencies. Secondary data and information have been collected from various sources like Handbook of Statistics on Indian economy, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Govt. of India. The analysis was done by the use of SPSS and Excel. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as tables. Similarly, an attempt is made in this part to present collected data through line graph, bar diagram. Linear Model has been applied to analyze the trends and growth rate of export and import in India. Semi Log Model and Compound Growth Rate has been applied understand the changes in the export and import an India. The analysis is based on the 28 years starting from 1991-92 to 2018-19.

Foreign Trade, export and import, Linear Model, Semi Log Model