| Our industry analysis – Method & data |
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Purpose |
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Our analysis provides insights into the evolving geography of supply chains
and the new, emerging-market (EME) locations of production by industry or product group. |
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Approach |
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Our reports are based on a
fine-grained analysis of cross-border trade flows, supplemented by
country data from our Global Production Scoreboard and the
insights of our local partners.. |
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The direction and size of cross-border trade flows can be seen as reflecting the collective views of
managers and investors on the
merits of one country over another as a location of production in
a given area of activity. |
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(While allowing for comparisons of
competitiveness between countries at a similar level of development and
over a limited period of time, trade flow data does not allow
for any conclusions as to the value added involved.) |
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Metrics |
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For individual industries (or product groups),
our industry reports employ a set of metrics to describe: |
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overall trends in EME exports,
including key performance drivers and the origins /
destinations of cross-border supply chains, |
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the leading EME source countries,
including likely medium-term «winners» and «losers», |
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profiles of individual EME
source countries, including the composition and
sophistication of exports. |
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Definitions |
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Emerging economies (EME) are
defined as countries with a per-capita income not exceeding USD
20.000 in 2017. |
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Manufacturing industries are defined in terms of their output, comprising
all of the product categories of Sections 5 – 8 (minus Division 68)
of the Standard International Trade Classification (Rev. 3). |
