Surge in freight charges to hit consumers hard next year
Consumers in developing countries will be hit hard by increased cost of goods next year on account of a sharp rise in freight charges.
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Consumers in developing countries will be hit hard by increased cost of goods next year on account of a sharp rise in freight charges.
The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade for the whole of 2021 is projected to record a higher growth rate than the pace of surge registered during the first six months on th...
Nov 30, 2021 - The excessive rise in maritime freight rates since the second half of2020, due to the lack of container ships to transport the goods, will bringa worldwide incr
DESPITE seeing double-digit growth for 2021, the global trade outlook for next year is still “very uncertain” due to economic recovery losing momentum and continuing logistic disruptions in pandemic, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said. In its November Global Trade Update, Unctad said the pace of…
THE Philippines ranked the poorest in majority of the indicators that foreign direct investors use in choosing which country to put their capital in for long-term investments, a recent research paper showed. In the Philippines Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Public Research Forum on Wednesday, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas…