Tag: Latin American and Caribbean Trade Trend Estimates 2016 IDB report

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

  Latin American exports downward trend is greater 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.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

  Latin American exports fall for third year running and 2016 prospects are not encouraging

  

  Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will drop about 14% in 2015 due to a steep decline in prices and weak demand for the region’s main exports from key trading partners, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).