Drugs and Medicaments - International Trade in Q3-2020:Top Markets' Performance by Major Competitors

Drugs and Medicaments - International Trade in Q3-2020:Top Markets' Performance by Major Competitors

In Q3-2020 (pre-estimates) world trade of Drugs and Medicaments recorded a year-over-year increase of +7.5% in $.

In cumulative terms, after +12.8% y-o-y in H1-2020, in the first 3 quarters of 2020 worldwide flows of Drugs and Medicaments highlighted a growth of +11% in $ compared to the same period of 2019.

As regards major competitors of Drugs and Medicaments, in the first part of the year all the main exporting countries (apart from France) recorded a positive result in USD values compared to the same period of 2019, with the best overall performance for Switzerland (+21% y-o-y in $), Belgium (+19%) and Ireland (+17%).

Information contained in this report is derived from the ExportPlanning Database, that was developed from the UN(Monthly Comtrade), Eurostat (db Comext) and US Census Bureau (db UsaTrade) databases.

nformation contained in this report is the result of the following data mining techniques:

-management of missing statements;
-management of missing measures;
-management of outliers;
-nowcasting;
-seasonal adjustment procedure.