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Trends in
world trade:
Looking back
over the past
ten years
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11
12
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14
15
20,000
19,000
18,000
17,000
16,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
,
12,000
11,000
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
Billion US dollar
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
2005
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005
Merchandise trade
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Trends in world trade: Looking back over the past ten years
45%
Exports
Imports
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10
-5
5
-10
-15
-20
2005
2006
2007
8
2008
2009
20
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
24%
21%
18%
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Note: Merchandise trade to GDP ratio is estimated as merchandise trade (average of exports and imports
values) divided by GDP, measured in nominal dollar terms at market exchange rates.
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90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005
North America
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2006
2007
South America
2008
Europe
2009
2010
2011
2012
Africa
2013
Middle East
2014
Asia
2015
Trends in world trade: Looking back over the past ten years
55%
1%
3%
To developed economies
To developing economies
2005
41%
43%
2%
3%
To developed economies
To developing economies
2015
To Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Not elsewhere specied
52%
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Economies by size
of merchandise trade, 2015
Billion
US Dollars
0 - 125
125 - 250
250 - 500
> 500
US$16.2 tn
52%
The top ten
merchandise
traders accounted
for 52% of the
worlds total
trade in 2015.
42%
Developing
economies
had a 42%
share in world
merchandise
trade in 2015.
Merchandise
exports of WTO
members totalled
US$ 16.2 trillion
in 2015.
Note: Merchandise trade is calculated as an average of exports and imports and including significant re-exports or imports for re-export.
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Trends in world trade: Looking back over the past ten years
Billion
US Dollars
0 - 10
10 - 25
25 - 50
> 50
US$ 4.68 tn
53%
The top ten traders
in commercial
services accounted
for 53% of the
worlds total
trade in 2015.
36%
Developing
economies
accounted for
36% of total trade
in commercial
services in 2015.
Exports
of commercial
services by WTO
members totalled
US$ 4.68 trillion
in 2015.
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