This book is related to the development of intraregional commercial exchanges in the region of the Indian Ocean. This issue is addressed from an economic as well as from a legal point of view. The contributions, in English and French, aim to present an overview of the economic, customs-related, technical, legal and cultural restraints that hinder the creation of a free trading area. Cet ouvrage est consacr au dveloppement des changes commerciaux intrargionaux dans la rgion de l’Ocan Indien. Cette question est examine sous un angle politique, conomique et juridique. Les diffrentes contributions, en anglais et en franais, visent tablir un tat des lieux des freins conomiques, douaniers, techniques, juridiques et culturels la cration d’un espace de libre change.