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WTO Public Forum 2024: UN Trade and Development will drive discussions on more inclusive and sustainable trade. The organization will lead sessions on disability-inclusive trade, a new plastics economy and circular textile industries, while also contributing to discussions on digitalization, AI-driven supply chains, critical minerals, and trade ...
The UNCTAD Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) is a trade and market access information system combining data on trade, customs tariffs, and non-tariff measures. TRAINS contains HS-based tariff data for over 170 countries and for several years. TRAINS is both a data depository and an analytical tool designed for policy-makers and ...
After a recovery in international trade in 2017 and the first half of 2018, economic conditions started deteriorating in the second half of 2018 and further in 2019. The reasons were trade tensions between the United States of America and China, fears of a disorderly Brexit in Europe and a negative global output outlook more generally. Preliminary data for 2019 indicate a sharp decline in ...
PINEAPPLE. INFOCOMM is an extra-budgetary project funded by the Government of France. This multilingual information sharing platform was developed by UNCTAD in 2000 in response to the scarcity of commodity market information in commodity dependent developing countries. INFOCOMM disseminates free and up-to-date commodity profiles of selected ...
base unit of the world banana trade is the 18.5-kg net box (US crate unit). However, there are other types of packaging which are made to customer requirements: trays, mini-packs, pre-packed bananas, or individual7. The sorting rejects of fruits intended for export may be re-used for local consumption or livestock feed. However the
As UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) celebrates its 60th anniversary, we delve into key trends that have shaped global trade and development over the past decades and will continue to influence them.These trends include the increasing share of global trade by developing economies, the evolution of maritime trade, the rise of e-commerce, shifts in global emissions, the growing plastics trade ...
Statistical guidelines. In a world of growing crises and uncertainty, high-quality and reliable statistics are all the more important, underpinning the work of international organizations – such as UNCTAD – as a credible source of policy advice and research data. Achieving and maintaining public trust in official statistics requires that ...
A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis aims to help researchers and policymakers update their knowledge of quantitative economic methods and data sources for trade policy analysis. Using this guide. The guide explains analytical techniques, reviews the data necessary for analysis and includes illustrative applications and exercises.
Trade Statistics. World services exports reached $7.9 trillion in 2023 and grew by 8% annually. At the regional level, Latin America and the Caribbean recorded the highest annual growth in services exports, at 12%.The fastest annual rise in services imports was noted in Asia and Europe, in both regions surpassing 10% in 2023.The top ten ...
On 1 January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will enter into force. This free trade agreement includes 15 East Asian and Pacific Nations of different economic sizes and stages of development, representing around 30 per cent of world GDP. The RCEP will be the world’s largest trading bloc, in economic size, and is set to become a new centre of gravity for global trade.