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Digitally-deliverable services, 2017
At $2.7 trillion, services exports that can be delivered digitally are 5 times the value of ICT services exports, at $0.5 trillions in 2017.
Thanks to increasing access to information and communications technologies (ICTs), services exports of both ICT services and of digitally-deliverable services have been growing at 7 to 8% annually over the past decade.
Trade in services, 2018,
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The international trade in services reached almost 6 trillion US$ in 2018 and recorded an annual growth of 8%, estimate UNCTAD and WTO.
The share of developing and transition economies now stands at some 32% of the world services exports, traditionally dominated by developed countries.
Volume of world merchandise exports, 2018 Q4
UNCTAD and WTO preliminary data: The volume of world merchandise exports increased by 2.4 % in 2018Q4, year-over-year.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, world export and import volume indices dropped by 0.1% and 0.6%, respectively, from the previous quarter.
Handbook of statistics 2018
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