WTO: 2011 Press Release

WTO: 2011 PRESS RELEASES
PRESS/628
7 April 2011
WORLD TRADE 2010, PROSPECTS FOR 2011
Trade growth to ease in 2011 but despite 2010 record surge, crisis hangover persists
Following the record-breaking 14.5% surge in the volume of exports in 2010 world trade growth should settle to a more modest 6.5% expansion in 2011. The sharp rise in trade volumes last year enabled world trade to recover to its pre-crisis level but not its long-term trend and WTO economists believe the recent series of important events around the world lend a greater degree of uncertainty to any forecast.
In 2010, Malaysia rank as 23th World largest exporter (in 2009, ranked 22th) and 26th largest importer (in 2009, ranked 27th)
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