| Our Industry Hotspots
Reports – Method & data |
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Our Industry Hotspots Reports provide
insights into supply trends and country positions by industry or
product group. |
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Purpose |
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The Industry Hotspots Reports (formerly
Industry Trend Charts) are designed to provide deep insights into
the changing geography of manufacturing with a focus on emerging
and frontier economies (EFE) as locations of production (i.e.
source countries). |
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Content |
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For individual product groups, the
Reports employ a selected 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, breadth of capability, and the
diversification of export markets. |
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Method |
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Our Report metrics are based on an
analysis of cross-border trade flows and selected indicators of
the Global Production Scoreboard. We use a toolkit that has been
successfully employed and refined in research assignments for a
wide range of client organisations. |
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A country's supply capacity and
competitiveness is reflected in its ability to export. Accordingly,
cross-border trade flows reflect the views of investors on the
merits of one country over another as a location of production for
a given product group. |
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International trade data allows for meaningful comparisons of export flows between
source countries at a similar level of development and over a
limited period of time. However, it does not allow
for any conclusions regarding the the value added involved and its distribution between
importing and exporting countries. |
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Emerging and frontier economies are
defined as countries with a per-capita income not exceeding USD
20.000 in 2012. 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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Data sources |
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UNCTAD, World Investment Report |
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UNSD, International Trade
Statistics Databases |
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World Bank, World Development
Indicators |
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WTO, International Trade Statistics |
