• Zeenat Fatma
• Dr. Md. Firdos Ahmad

Two regional powers, India and Saudi Arabia have cultivated their relationship in the past through commerce and trade and human resource and cultural exchange. As time went on, the two nation’s interactions became more complex and diversified, focusing on things like energy, migration, commerce and investment, security, defence, counterterrorism, and capacity building. In recent years, bilateral trade between these two nations has grown immensely. Saudi Arabia is the 4th biggest trading partner of India in the year 2021. The importance of their relation is visible day by day. For a rapid development of both the economies, attempts must be made to strengthen their trade ties. Therefore, the present paper attempts to analyses the major trends of bilateral trade between these two countries during the period from 2010 to 2020. The paper also analyses trade intensity and trade complementarity index to identify the features and challenges of trade between India and Saudi Arabia. The paper uses time series data to evaluate Trade Intensity Index and Trade Complementarity Index. The result shows that the structure of exports of India and Saudi Arabia are significantly different. The findings of the study also reveal that India's trade with Saudi Arabia is more intense in comparison with its other trading partners in the world.

Trade Intensity, Trade Complementarity, India Saudi Arabia Trade, Bilateral trade.

"An Analysis of India’s Trade relation with Saudi Arabia ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.f114-f121, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209535.pdf

"An Analysis of India’s Trade relation with Saudi Arabia ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppf114-f121, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209535.pdf