3) What is difference between inland and foreign trade?
Answers
# Inland Trade:-
1. Meaning:
Purchase and sale of goods within a country is known as internal or home trade.
2. Different Currencies:
Home or domestic trade involves the use of only one currency, i.e., the domestic or home currency.
3. Exchange and Trade Control:
Within a country, there is a free flow of goods and services.
4. Politically Different:
Home or internal trade takes place within the same political unit.
5. Transportation Costs:
Internal or domestic trade involves less transportation cost.
6. Risk:
In home trade, the amount of risk is comparatively less.
# Foreign Trade:-
1. Meaning:
Purchase from and sale of goods and services outside the country is called the international or foreign trade.
2. Different Currencies:
International trade involves the use of two different currencies, the local currency and a foreign currency.
3. Exchange and Trade Control:
There is no free flow of goods and services from one country to another.
4. Politically Different:
International or foreign trade takes place between politically different units.
5. Transportation Costs:
International trade involves comparatively greater transportation cost.
6. Risk:
In foreign trade, there is a greater risk.