Trade monitoring
Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Eloi Laourou of Benin at the Trade Policy Review of The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 12 and 14 September 2018
The fourth Trade Policy Review of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) has offered us a good opportunity to deepen our understanding of recent developments in, and challenges to, its trade, economic, and investment policies. Since its last review in 2014, Chinese Taipei’s initiatives to further integrate into the multilateral trading system have been greatly appreciated. Indeed, the more than 400 advance written questions submitted by 22 Members and the 29 delegations that took the floor during the two days of the meeting underline the importance attached by Members to Chinese Taipei’s trade and investment policies and practices.
Actividades de estadística
La OMC introdujo nuevas mejoras en su Portal Integrado de Información Comercial (I-TIP), que actualmente tiene una mayor cobertura de los datos sobre las medidas arancelarias y no arancelarias. Conjuntamente con la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos, la OMC ha actualizado la base de datos sobre el comercio en términos de valor añadido, que abarca ahora 61 países y 34 sectores. En julio de 2015, la OMC organizó la Jornada de los datos sobre el comercio, en la que se examinaron los avances recientes en el ámbito de las estadísticas sobre el comercio y el acceso a los mercados y se debatió sobre los retos futuros.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report 2016 was prepared under the general responsibility of Xiaozhun Yi, WTO Deputy Director-General, and Robert Koopman, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division. This year the report was coordinated by Marc Bacchetta and Cosimo Beverelli. The authors of the report are Marc Auboin, Marc Bacchetta, Cosimo Beverelli, Barbara D’Andrea, Christophe Degain, Alexander Keck, Andreas Maurer, José-Antonio Monteiro, Coleman Nee, Roberta Piermartini and Robert Teh (Economic Research and Statistics Division); and Antonia Carzaniga, Joscelyn Magdeleine, Juan Marchetti, Lee Tuthill and Ruosi Zhang (Trade in Services and Investment Division).
Standards and Trade Development Facility
Contributions to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) reached US$ 5.9 million in 2011, up from US$ 4.3 million in 2010. The STDF focused on increasing awareness, mobilizing resources, strengthening collaboration, identifying and disseminating good practice, as well as support and funding for the development and implementation of projects that promote compliance with international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. It adopted a new medium-term strategy (2012-2016) and began developing a new tool to help developing countries prioritize SPS capacity-building needs and improve decision taking.
Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Manuel A.J. Teehankee of the Philippines at the Trade Policy Review of Canada, 12 and 14 June 2019
This eleventh Trade Policy Review of Canada has indeed allowed us to understand the important developments in the economic, trade and investment regime of Canada over the last four years. I would like to thank the Canadian delegation headed by Ms. Kendal Hembroff, Director General, Trade Negotiations, Global Affairs Canada, for their very active participation and engagement in this exercise. I would also like to thank our discussant, Ambassador Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the WTO, for his remarks and insightful words that have propelled these discussions, as well as the 53 delegations which took the floor during this meeting.
Participación de las economías en desarrollo en el comercio mundial
En 2016, se redujo por segundo año consecutivo el valor del comercio de mercancías de las economías en desarrollo (y se registró un descenso del 6% tanto en el caso de las exportaciones como en el de las importaciones). La oferta mundial excedentaria y la caída de los precios de los productos del petróleo han seguido repercutiendo en la exportación de combustibles, un sector importante para muchas economías en desarrollo. No obstante, la disminución del comercio de mercancías fue menos acusada que la registrada en 2015 (-14% en el caso de las exportaciones y -13% en el de las importaciones). Las exportaciones de los países menos adelantados (PMA) disminuyeron un 6% en 2016, lo que dio lugar a un ligero descenso de su participación en las exportaciones mundiales de mercancías, que ahora representa el 0,94%.
Agradecimientos
El Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2007 ha sido elaborado bajo la supervisión general del Director General Adjunto Alejandro Jara. Patrick Low, Director de la División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística, dirigió el equipo encargado de redactar el Informe. Los autores principales del Informe son Marc Bachetta, K. Michael Finger, Matthias Helble, Marion Jansen, Alexander Keck, Mark Koulen, Pete Pedersen, Roberta Piermartini, Simon Schropp y Robert Teh. Las estadísticas comerciales fueron facilitadas por el grupo de estadística de la División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística, bajo la coordinación de Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer y Jürgen Richtering. Karen McCusker colaboró con una subsección sobre las restricciones para proteger la balanza de pagos en los países en desarrollo.
Merchandise and services trade, value (nominal) terms, 2009
The US dollar value of world merchandise trade fell 23 per cent in 2009 to US$ 12.1 trillion, down from US$ 16.1 trillion in 2008. Some of this decline was due to changes in trade volumes, while much of the rest can be explained by falling commodity prices in 2009, particularly for oil. After rising to record levels in 2008, world crude oil prices plunged 37 per cent in 2009, from US$ 95 per barrel to US$ 60 per barrel on average. As a result, nominal trade developments for particular countries and regions may differ substantially from developments in volume terms, particularly for oil exporters on the export side and oil importers on the import side.