| Our Industry
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Purpose |
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Our Industry Reports provide unique insights into
the evolving geography of manufacturing, focusing on the position and
trends of emerging
and frontier economies (EFE) as source countries at the level of
individual industries or product groups. |
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Approach |
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The Reports are based on an
analysis of cross-border trade flows, employing a toolbox that has been
successfully applied and refined in assignments for a
wide range of client organisations. |
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Competitiveness in foreign markets
depends on the resources and productive capacity of the exporting country. Analogously,
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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International trade data allow for meaningful comparisons of
trade flows across countries at a similar level of development and
for a limited period of time. Yet, it does not allow
for any conclusions as to the value added involved. |
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EFE are
defined as countries with a per-capita income not exceeding USD
20.000 in 2017. Manufacturing industries are defined in terms of their output, covering the product categories of Sections 5 – 8 (minus Division 68)
of the Standard International Trade Classification (Rev. 3). |
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Metrics |
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For individual industries (or product groups), the
Industry
Reports employ a set of metrics to describe: |
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overall trends in EFE exports,
including key performance drivers and the origins /
destinations of cross-border supply chains, |
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the leading EFE source countries,
including likely medium-term 'winners' and 'losers', |
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profiles of individual EFE
source countries, including the composition and
sophistication of exports. |
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