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Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

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5International trade in creative goods and services: Global trends and featuresChart 5.7a <strong>Creative</strong> goods: Top 10 trade surplus and deficit countries in 2002United KingdomChinaChina, Hong Kong SARThailandIrelandTurkeyMalaysiaCanadaKorea, Republic ofPolandSaudi ArabiaGreeceNetherlandsNorwaySwitzerlandFranceAustraliaJapanUnited States10.226.712.131.371.241.161.110.840.75-0.63-0.76-0.91-1.35-2.26-2.34-2.54-5.81-8.15-50.0729.41-60 -40 -20 0 20 40Source: UNCTAD, based on official data reported to UN COMTRADE databaseChart 5.7b <strong>Creative</strong> goods: Top 10 trade surplus and deficit countries in 2008ChinaUnited KingdomItalyGermanyIndiaChina, Hong Kong, SARThailandMalaysiaViet NamTurkeyPolandRussian FederationSwitzerlandSpainUnited Arab EmiratesFranceCanadaAustraliaUnited StatesJapan3.102.522.271.851.41Italy15.207.547.183.78-3.57-3.99-4.20-4.68-5.52-5.52-6.02-10.95-11.52-54.97(in billions of $)78.73(in billions of $)deficit of $55 billion in 2008. Thisresult corresponds to the global discussionthat China’s share of trade deficitin the United States is the largestamong all other group of economies.By 2008 the number of Asianexporters in the top 10 surplus countriesclimbed from five to seven, withIndia and Viet Nam becoming importantplayers in this industry. Among thedeveloped countries, Italy had the second-largestsurplus in creative goods,though its surplus was five times lowerthan China’s in 2008. Germany, whichranked third, has also increased its shareof exports in the world market, with$7.5 billion in 2008.No countries in Latin America orAfrica made the list of top 10 surpluscountries. In summary, with the exceptionof Asia, where many countries arenet exporters, other developing regions,in particular Africa, the Pacific, theCaribbean and Latin America, havebeen consuming more and moreimported creative products (see chart5.7a and chart 5.7b).5.3.5 Country profileson the creative economyAn integral part of this report isits statistical annex, which provides acomprehensive picture of world tradedata for creative goods and services.The annex derives from the UNCTADGlobal Database on the <strong>Creative</strong><strong>Economy</strong>, which provides analyticaltools to enable individual countries to-80 -60 -40 -20020 40 60 80 100Source: UNCTAD, based on official data reported to UN COMTRADE database134 CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010

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