Gains or declines in global trade volume have wide-ranging implications for shippers, producers, marketers and planners.

ITP measures global trade volume from the import/export statistics of all available countries. These show not only each country’s imports and exports but, as a corollary, reveal the exports and imports of trading partner countries that do not publish statistics. As a result, the unique ITP Indicator of global trade volume is estimated to capture well over 90% of the world’s volume.

Higher global trade volume versus a prior period generally indicates increased demand; lower volume generally indicates a drop in global demand, based on each country’s trade.

Products with the largest percentage increases in global volume projected by ITP for September 2024 versus September 2023:

Products with percentage increases ranging from unchanged* to up 7% in global volume, projected by ITP for September 2024 versus September 2023:

Products with declines in global volume projected by ITP for September 2024 versus September 2023:

From International Trader Publications World Trade Analyses and Projections, continuously updated analyses of global trade for each product, based on the latest trade statistics, vetted for acuracy, from all available countries.