Japan administers free trade zones or industrial development zones of international logistics centers in the Naha district (formerly qualified as a free trade zone) and in the Uruma/Okinawa district. According to information from the World Trade Organization (WTO), these are special economic zones governed by the Okinawa Special
Japan led exports of machines for semiconductor production worldwide in 2021, according to data from that nation’s Ministry of Finance. The full concept of those external veins is machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits. After totaling $12.02 billion in 2020, those
The Ministry of Economy identified 159 mining companies with foreign capital operating in 26 Mexican states (mostly juniors and exploration) in 2021. Those companies operate 1,209 projects, of which 822 were on hold and nine operations were reported to be closed at the end of last year. As
Shanghai, Singapore and Ningbo-Zhoushan were the world’s top container ports in 2020 and 2021, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In 2021, according to Drewry Maritime Research, global container port traffic increased 6.8%, bringing the total volume to 857 million TEUs. Asia continued
The European Union, China and the United States were the world’s top food importers in 2021, according to the WTO. In first place, the European Union bought products from abroad for a customs value of $594 billion. Next came: China, with imports of $204 billion, and the United
Colombia reported real GDP growth of 7.0% in the third quarter of 2022, year-over-year, and showed the following balance of payments results. Colombia’s current account recorded deficits from 2019 to 2021, with a deficit of $14.808 billion in 2019, $9.347 billion in 2020, $17.621 billion in 2021, and