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The last statistical surveys of the International Transport Forum confirm a deterioration of the macroeconomic framework
Down the commercial exchanges for marine and aerial way of EU and the USA with the nations of ASEAN
September 13, 2011
The data on the evolution of the commercial exchanges with foreign country of the 27 Eu country and the USA on 30 June elaborated from the International Transport Forum near the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develop (OCSE) confirm a deterioration of the macroeconomic framework.
In particular, the foreign trade by sea of the EU and the USA (measured in tons) has stabilized regarding the level pre-crisis (July 2008) having recorded a decrement pairs respective to -3% and -4%, while the increase of the foreign trade for aerial way has shown a contraction coming down in the EU from +15% of last February regarding the level pre-crisis to +9%. The commerce with foreign country for aerial way of the United States has not grown attesting to +2% regarding the peak pre-crisis.
The International Transport Forum has found that up to now the resumption recorded in the EU and the USA is guided mainly by the exports towards Asia. However in recent months the positive trend is invert and in according to trimester of this year volumes (in tons) of goods exported for marine way from the EU and by the USA towards Asia they are diminished. The total exchanges for marine and aerial way of EU and the USA with the nations of ASEAN are dropped, with the exception of those with India.
The International Transport Forum has announced, moreover, than the terrestrial transport for railway way and street it is recovering land very slowly: in the area EU the volumes (in ton-kilometers) are still respective inferior of 9% and 13% regarding the levels pre-crisis and also the marked trend than increase of the rail shipment in the United States and in Russia it has a slow down quickly attesting itself to inferior volumes respective of 16% and 7% regarding the levels pre-crisis of 2008.
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