According to the World Trade Organization’s data, promulgated today, the rates of world trade growth can decrease up to 6 % at the general economic growth in 3 %. In WTO experts’ opinion, in 2007 the economic can feel negative influence large trading misbalances this and also instability in the financial and real estate markets.
Growth of volume of world trade in 2006 has made 8 %, having surpassed the forecast of analysts of the Organization (7 %). Growth of foreign trade in developing countries has made 36 % in 2006.
Germany (1 place and 1,112 billion dollars), the USA, despite of the huge foreign trade deficiency (1,037 billion dollars), and China (969 billion dollars) have become the world export leaders in 2006.
Concerning world import leaders, these are the same 3 countries, however, the USA (1,92 billion dollars) are on the first place, Germany (910 billion dollars) is on the second place and China (792 billion dollars)occupies the third position.
The WTO analysts have stressed that, taking into consideration statistical calculations from 7 regions of the world, the most dynamical growth of foreign trade in 2006 has been noted on the territory of the former Soviet Union countries. In opinion of WTO experts such dynamics is caused by a world rise in prices on power resources and metals.
The WTO chief Pascal Lamy has noted that the growth of parameters of world trade in 2006 and in particular in developing and the less developed countries, inspires optimism.