UNCTAD
24 Mar
Amid deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainties, global trade hit a record $32 trillion in 2022, as growth turned negative in the last half of the year and is set to stagnate in the first half of 2023.
1 Mar
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has partnered the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to train its newly constituted management team on leadership and management development programme.
29 Jan
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released a set of 11 guiding principles for investment policies alongside the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit.
11 Jan
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has called on governments and operators to expand and upgrade port infrastructure, transport connections and accelerate trade facilitation reforms. UNCTAD also urged developing countries to improve port performance, productivity and upgrade capacity as well as strengthen regional transport connections, UNCTAD, while reviewing maritime transport in 2022,…
28 Dec
Global trade will reach a record level of about $32 trillion for 2022, as trade in goods is expected to total almost $25 trillion, an increase of about 10 per cent from 2021. However, trade growth has been subdued during the second half of the year.
5 Dec 2022
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat has published the first-ever World Wildlife Trade Report, which gives insights and analysis into the global trade in animals and plants that are regulated under this international treaty.
29 Nov 2022
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, yesterday, launched the Nigeria Trade Information Portal (NTIP) in fulfillment of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement.
10 Oct 2022
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has alerted that maritime trade is facing a ‘historic moment of crisis due to the Ukraine versus Russia war, which
5 Oct 2022
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that the world is headed towards a global recession and prolonged stagnation unless fiscal and monetary policies...
16 Sep 2022
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) and renowned economists and development experts yesterday...
21 Aug 2022
Latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has revealed that about 50 million Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) are suffering from about $416 billion unmet financing needs annually in Nigeria and other African nations.
10 Aug 2022
Despite export diversification been a policy priority for Africa, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has expressed concerns that fewer than half of all African countries have succeeded as insufficient progress...
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