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Changing Pattern of Trade - by year 1978 to 2020
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1978
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1979
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The USA and Germany are the top exporting countries. OPEC (mainly Saudi Arabia) has disrupted global manufacturing with much higher cost energy.
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1980
Data Missing
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1981
Data Missing
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1982
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1983
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The USA and Germany are still the top exporting countries. Japan is rising. European countries together are a major bloc of exporting countries, but much of the trade is internal within the European Union.
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1984
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1985
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USA dropping relative to both Germany and Japan mainly because USA has higher costs through very inefficient use of energy. Low cost Asian manufacturing emerges in top 10 for the first time.
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1986
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1987
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Germany, USA and Japan dominating global exports.
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1988
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1989
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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1990
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1991
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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1992
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1993
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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1994
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1995
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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1996
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1997
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports. In 1997 China appears in top 10 exporting countries for first time. USA strength comes in large part from the dot.com segment of the economy.
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1998
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1999
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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2000
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2001
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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2000
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2001
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
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2002
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2003
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Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports. China rapidly expanding export volume.
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2004
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2005
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Germany, USA and China become top 3 in global exports. China displaces Japan.
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2006
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2007
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Germany, USA and China now dominating global exports.
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2008
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2009
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Financial crisis of 2008 disrupts global trade and Russia appears in top 10 exporters. In 2009 China becomes largest exporter. Together China, Germany and USA dominate global exports. Republic of Korea makes top 10 exporter countries for the first time.
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2010
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2011
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China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
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2012
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2013
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China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China. Asian area countries ... China, Japan, Hong Kong (China) and Republic of Korea are together the largest block of exporting countries.
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2014
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2015
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China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China. UK drops to bottom of top 10 exporting countries.
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2016
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2017
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China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
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2018
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2019
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China dominates global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
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2020
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2021
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China dominates global exports. USA and Germany compete for second place, way behind China. China, plus Japan, Republic of Korea, and Hong Kong (China) with other Asian nations have become the largest export bloc in the world.
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