The emergence of China as India’s largest trading partner will boost business for east coast ports because they are closer to East Asian markets, experts say. China overtook the US as India’s largest trading partner in fiscal 2010, according to commerce ministry data.
Ports on the west coast have traditionally handled at least twice the container traffic their eastern counterparts process. That trend seems to be reversing as India’s merchandise trade with Asian nations grows faster than that with the West.
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