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Ch 10Internal Trade — 1st PUC Business Studies, concept-first.

Trade means the buying and selling of goods and services with the aim of earning a profit. It is one of humanity's oldest activities — people have traded in one form or another since the earliest days of civilisation.

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Internal Trade

**Internal trade** is the buying and selling of goods and services *within the boundaries of a single country*. The moment a product is bought from a person or an establishment located inside the nation, it counts as int…

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10.1

Introduction

Trade means the buying and selling of goods and services with the aim of earning a profit. It is one of humanity's oldest activities — people have traded in one form or another since the earliest days…

10.2

Internal Trade

Internal trade is the buying and selling of goods and services within the boundaries of a nation. Whenever a product is bought from an individual or an establishment located inside the country, it cou…

10.3

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade is the buying and selling of goods and services in large quantities for the purpose of resale or intermediate use.

10.3.1

Services to Manufacturers

Wholesalers offer several important services to the producers of goods and services:

10.3.2

Services to Retailers

Wholesalers also render valuable services to retailers:

10.4

Retail Trade

A retailer is a business enterprise engaged in selling goods and services directly to the ultimate consumers.

10.4.1

Services to Manufacturers and Wholesalers

Retailers render invaluable services to wholesalers and producers:

10.4.2

Services to Consumers

From the consumers' point of view, retailers provide these important services:

10.5

Types of Retailing Trade

There are many types of retailers in India. To understand them, it helps to group them into common categories, and experts use several bases of classification:

10.5.1

Itinerant Retailers

Itinerant retailers are traders who have no fixed place of business. They keep moving with their wares from street to street or place to place, in search of customers.

10.5.2

Fixed Shop Retailers

Fixed shop retailers are the most common type of retailing seen in the marketplace. As the name suggests, these retailers maintain a permanent establishment to sell their merchandise, and so, unlike i…

10.6

Role of Commerce and Industry Associations in Promotion of Internal Trade

Associations of business and industrial houses are formed to promote and protect their common interests and goals.

10.7

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Following the principle of "One Nation, One Tax" and the aim of building a single unified national market, the Government of India rolled out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with effect from 1 July 2…

Key Terms

- Internal trade — buying and selling of goods and services within the boundaries of a nation, with no customs or import duty.

Summary

- Trade is the buying and selling of goods and services to earn profit. By the geographical location of buyers and sellers it is of two kinds — internal trade (within a country) and external trade (be…

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