Tag: Imports
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Trade Resilience and Structural Shifts: China’s Import-Export in 2025 and 2026 Outlook
Overview: A Record Year Amid Turbulence China’s total import-export value reached a record US$6.36 trillion in 2025, illustrating how the world’s second-largest economy navigated a challenging global environment. The headline figure highlights resilience at the interface of external demand and domestic policy shifts, with trade showing both strength in certain sectors and vulnerabilities in others.…
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Ghana’s AfCFTA Trade Gap: Imports Outpacing Exports Sparks Debate
Ghana’s AfCFTA Trade Gap Draws Attention Ghana is importing more goods than it exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a dynamic that has attracted scrutiny from policymakers, industry observers, and economists. The warning comes from Louis Yaw Afful, an international trade and AfCFTA consultant, who highlighted the country’s widening trade imbalance during…
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Nigeria to Close Rice Import Windows: Policy Shift Unfolds
Policy shift aims to boost local rice production Nigeria is moving to shut its rice import windows as part of a broader national policy review aimed at rebalancing the country’s agricultural sector. Officials say the decision comes after an in-depth analysis of trade data and farm-level outcomes showed that, despite a growing apparent surplus in…
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Pakistan’s December 2025 Current Account Deficit: What the Numbers Mean
Overview: A Deficit in December 2025 Pakistan’s current account shifted into a deficit of $244 million in December 2025, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This marks a notable reversal from the previous month, when the current account posted a ₹? surplus of $100 million, underscoring a month-to-month swing that…
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Pakistan’s December 2025 Current Account Deficit: What It Signals for the Economy
Overview: A Deficit After a Brief Surplus Pakistan’s current account posted a deficit of $244 million in December 2025, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This marks a sharp reversal from the previous month, when the current account had a surplus of around $100 million. The December reading suggests renewed…
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Experts issue warning as crucial crops become harder to grow: ‘Unprecedented’
What is happening in Nepal’s fields? Across Nepal, harvest yields have declined sharply this year as erratic rainfall patterns and devastating floods disrupt planting, growing, and gathering cycles. Agricultural experts, government analysts, and farmers themselves describe the season as unprecedented, with weather extremes placing a sustained strain on Nepal’s staple crops like rice and paddy.…
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Experts warn as crucial crops in Nepal become harder to grow: ‘Unprecedented’
Overview: a nation confronting a climate-driven agricultural emergency Nepal is facing an agricultural crisis described by experts as unprecedented. Erratic rainfall patterns, intensified floods, and shifting monsoon cycles have damaged crop fields across multiple districts, threatening the country’s food security and prompting a major push to import staples like rice and paddy. While climate change…
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South Africa’s Trade Deficit with BRICS Partners Widens, Raising Questions About bloc’s Future
Intro: A Growing Imbalance Within BRICS New research highlights a sharp expansion in South Africa’s trade deficit with its BRICS partners, widening by $9.6 billion. The figure deepens concerns about how SA participates in the bloc it joined in 2010, and what the trend means for domestic industries, employment, and policy priorities. While BRICS markets…
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ISM December 2025 Manufacturing PMI Confirms Slower Expansion and Mixed Signals
Overview: December 2025 ISM Manufacturing PMI Signal The December 2025 ISM Manufacturing PMI® report reveals a mixed but cautiously positive picture for U.S. manufacturers. The index sits at 47.9, signaling that the sector remains in contraction for the seventh month in 2025, yet there are pockets of resilience within production. This contrast between sustained production…
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ISM Manufacturing PMI Signals Mixed December 2025 Dynamics: Activity Up, Orders Down
Overview of the December 2025 ISM Manufacturing PMI The December 2025 ISM Manufacturing PMI® stands at 47.9, signaling continued contraction in the U.S. manufacturing sector but with some pockets of improvement. The index’s reading suggests a slower pace of expansion for overall manufacturing activity compared with a neutral 50 threshold, continuing a trend that has…