World Trade Monitor May 2024
Developments in global international trade and industrial production May 2024:
- World trade volume increased 0.1% month-on-month (growth was 1.1% in April, initial estimate 1.5%).
- World trade momentum was 0.5% (non-annualised; 0.9% in April, initial estimate 1.2%).
- World industrial production increased 0.2% month-on-month (having increased 0.6% in April, initial estimate 0.4%).
- World industrial production momentum was 0.2% (non-annualised; 0.2% in April, initial estimate 0.2%).
The next release of the CPB World Trade Monitor is scheduled for 23 August 2024, 12:00 hours.
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This month’s release of the CPB World Trade Monitor incorporates several technical changes regarding the base year, seasonal correction and data sources used. For more details on this, please see the downloadable appendix (CPB Memo ‘Technical changes to WTM’)