India and Africa have experienced the rapid expansion of bilateral trade during the last two decades. The India–Africa trade is understudied in general and in the agriculture sector. Very few considerable efforts have been made to study the agro-trade restrictions between both the economies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the recent evidence of non-tariff measures (NTMs) imposed on the agro-products between India and Africa, which also work as non-tariff barriers. It is perceived that India being one of the frequent users of NTMs in the world poses many challenges for its trading partners. Based on the Revealed Trade Barrier (RTB) index, using 28 agro-products (HS-4 digit level), this paper assesses bilateral agro-trade barriers. The frequency index (F_i) and coverage ratio (C_r) were used to analyse the complex nature of NTMs. The study findings show that both trading partners imposed a wide range of NTMs on each other’s agro-products, which resulted in the discriminatory effects on trade. Comparatively, India has imposed the lesser number of NTMs on Africa’s agro-products. Despite the recent bilateral trade agreements between both the economies, trade barriers were frequently noticed. The paper suggests applying strategic trade policies and reduction of NTMs along with harmonisation of standards to flourish the bilateral agro-trade.

在过去的二十年中，印度和非洲经历了双边贸易的迅速增长。总体而言，印度和非洲的贸易以及农业部门都未得到充分研究。研究这两个经济体之间的农产品贸易限制的努力很少。因此，本文的目的是根据经验确定印度和非洲之间对农产品实施的非关税措施（NTM）的最新证据，这也成为非关税壁垒。人们认为，印度是世界上NTM的经常使用国之一，对其贸易伙伴提出了许多挑战。基于显露贸易壁垒（RTB）指数，使用28种农产品（HS-4数字水平），本文评估了双边农产品贸易壁垒。频率指数（F _i）和覆盖率（C _r）用于分析NTM的复杂性。研究结果表明，两个贸易伙伴对彼此的农产品施加了广泛的非关税措施，这对贸易产生了歧视性影响。相比之下，印度对非洲农产品施加的非关税措施数量较少。尽管两个经济体之间最近达成了双边贸易协定，但经常会注意到贸易壁垒。该文件建议应用战略贸易政策和减少非关税措施以及统一标准以繁荣双边农产品贸易。