Flows of product

Question 1

What does ‘flows of product’ mean?

Answer 1

Trade between countries or regions

Question 2

Today, what percentage of total global production is exported?

Answer 2

around 25%

Question 3

When were the two waves of globalisation?

Answer 3

19th century - WW1 (IR)
After WW2

Question 4

What percentage of the value of global exports comes from foreign inputs?

Answer 4

30%

Question 5

What regions have the least exported goods?

Answer 5

Africa, south America (excl. Brazil).

Question 6

What regions have the highest exported goods?

Answer 6

Russia, USA, Canada, Western Europe, India

Question 7

How has global exports changed since 1913?

Answer 7

Grown exponentially.
Nearly 5000% (50x) of the amount of trade since 1913

Question 8

What countries have the highest money made from exports? (proportion)

Answer 8

Malaysia, Papua new Guinea, Vietnam, Netherlands

Question 9

How has rich-rich trade changed from the 1800s to 2014?

Answer 9

Mostly declining.
Around 80% to around 30%
Still the highest amount of trade

Question 10

How has non-rich-rich trade changed from the 1800s to 2014?

Answer 10

Has been increasing since around 1860

Question 11

How has non-rich-non-rich trade changed from the 1800s to 2014?

Answer 11

Increasing more recently, around 1960.
Significant in 2000s to around 25%

Question 12

What countries have the highest value imports?

Answer 12

Canada, US, Japan, Mexico, India, Western Europe