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Differentiate between balance of trade and current account balance.

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Balance of Trade refers to the balance occurring on account of export and import of visible items.

Current account balance includes the following:

(i) Export and import of goods.

(ii) Export and import of services.

(iii) Unilateral transfers from one country to the other. Thus, Balance of Trade is only a component of current account balance.

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