WTO - Electronics and automotive products lift global merchandise trade in Q3, services lag behind

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Source: WTO

4 December 2020

The third quarter of 2020 saw a partial recovery of world trade in manufactured goods, led by electronics, textiles and automotive products, as production resumed and lockdown measures were eased in major economies, new WTO statistics show. However, despite substantial improvement in recent months, merchandise trade is still well below 2019 levels, and preliminary estimates suggest services trade remains severely depressed.

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