Britain’s 10 largest export companies represent a diverse range of distinct industries: tobacco, diversified metals and mining, energy, pharmaceuticals, chemicals as well as the aerospace and defense sector. From an international trade perspective, the overall value of all export products from the United Kingdom increased by 0.4% from US$466.3 billion in 2015 to $468.2 billion … [Read more...] about United Kingdom’s Top 10 Major Export Companies
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Japan’s Top 10 Major Export Companies
Japan’s three biggest exports-oriented companies are automobile manufacturers. Four mammoth Japanese electronics conglomerates also rank among the Asian island’s top exports-related businesses. The following metrics give some perspective on recent company performance. The overall value of Japanese exports increased by 12.9% from US$625 billion in 2015 to $705.8 billion during … [Read more...] about Japan’s Top 10 Major Export Companies
China’s Exported Services
The People’s Republic of China provided US$266.8 billion worth of exported services to clients around the globe during 2018. That dollar amount represents 4.6% of the overall total for services from all countries, up from 4.3% one year earlier. Exported services sourced from China equal over one-tenth (10.7%) of the $2.494 trillion products China exported in 2018. In 2017, … [Read more...] about China’s Exported Services
Top EU Export Countries
Global sales of exported products from the 28 countries that were members of the European Union (EU) in 2019 totaled US$6.296 trillion in 2019. That dollar amount reflects a 17.1% increase since 2015 but a -2.7% decline from 2018 to 2019. Overall for 2019, EU sales of exported goods represent approximately one-third (33.6%) of overall world exports from all countries which … [Read more...] about Top EU Export Countries
Great Recession International Trade Losses by Country
Consistent with the grim storm clouds cast by the Great Recession from October 2007 to 2009, the vast majority of countries suffered serious reductions in their export sales over that same period. The value of products exported from all countries in 2009 fell to US$12.349 trillion, down -22.7% from $15.978 trillion in 2008 following the financial crisis. Only 16 countries out … [Read more...] about Great Recession International Trade Losses by Country