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Tag: Latam export

  • Friday, November 18th 2016 - 11:42 UTC

    Latin American exports downward trend is greater than in the rest of the world

    The report shows that the export slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean is even more intense than in the rest of the world

    Following two years in a downward trend the value of Latin American exports fell 14.8% in 2015, and 8.5% in the first seven months of 2016, according to the Trade and Integration Monitor 2016 of the Inter-American Development Bank. Services exports, which had partially compensated the fall in merchandise trade in previous years, contracted 2.4% in 2015, the first time since the 2009 financial crisis.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2015 - 07:42 UTC

    Latin America's 2013/15 exports, worst performance in eight decades says ECLAC

    “The region is at a crossroads” warns ECLAC’s Alicia Barcena who underlined more international insertion is needed.

    The value of Latin America’s exports will continue to decline through 2015 by 14%, with Argentina faring slightly worse with a reduction of 17%, says the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report, which also indicated that the value of imports to Argentina are set to fall by a smaller 10%.