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Emerging Markets Growth

The top emerging countries will vary from list to list, but a few of the most commonly recognized “emerging nations” are listed below. 


  • BRIC countries
  • Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. 
  • These countries are known as the BRIC nations, an association formed in 2009 by the leaders of these countries to improve their political relationships and trade. 
  • BrazilRussiaIndia and China. These countries are currently considered the top four emerging markets.

But while the emerging market spotlight has long been focused on the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the report, entitled Reaching the emerging middle-classes beyond BRIC, notes that attention is turning to smaller markets. The shift is being driven by the rates of faster economic and demographic growth in many of those markets – factors that are together fueling growth in consumer spending, including highly valued spending areas such as education.

Market Size: Aggregated purchasing power and number of potential clients within the relevant market segments;

Market Accessibility: General ease of doing business, regulation, transparency, communication, and infrastructure;

Market Match: Overlap between needs and preferences in the market and products and services provided by marker suppliers.

  • CIVETS countries or Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. These countries are predicted by some to be among the next emerging markets to quickly rise in economic prominence
Morocco
Philippines
Poland
Chile
Czech Republic
Hungary
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Mexico

Other emerging markets include: 

CIVETS countries: Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa

E7 countries: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey

Group of Five (G5): Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa

World Economics has combined 24 countries to represent the Emerging Markets. Overall these countries account for 50% of Global GDP and 68.5% of global GDP growth in the past 10 years (2013-2023).

Next year, Emerging Market Growth growth is expected to decelerate to 3.6% / to a slightly below-trend 3.8% in 2024 on average from around 4% this year. Importantly, the growth premium in favour of Emerging Markets over Developed Markets is projected to continue widening. Asia is set to register the strongest contribution to world GDP once again. Nov 23, 2023

Compared to their developed market peers, many emerging market companies have the potential to increase earnings at a faster rate due to increasing living standards in their domestic markets and rising demand from the rest of the world. Nov 15, 2023

The Next Eleven (or N-11) are eleven countries—Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam— identified by Goldman Sachs investment bank as having a high potential of becoming the world’s largest economies in the 21st century along with the BRICs.

Looking beyond China, we explore below the three rising emerging market countries where we see particularly compelling investment opportunities. India, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia are leaders in their respective regions, all benefiting from economic reforms and digitization initiatives.


Saudi Arabia’s Trade Surplus: October 2013

December 28, 2023 Saudi Arabia is one of the top 20 export and import markets in the world. In 2022, the US imported roughly 456,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Saudi Arabia. China is Saudi Arabia’s largest trading partner and the world’s largest buyer of crude oil.  According to the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center, Saudi … Continue reading Saudi Arabia’s Trade Surplus: October 2013

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Saudi Arabia’s Trade Surplus: October 2013

December 28, 2023

Saudi Arabia is one of the top 20 export and import markets in the world. In 2022, the US imported roughly 456,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Saudi Arabia. China is Saudi Arabia’s largest trading partner and the world’s largest buyer of crude oil. 

According to the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center, Saudi Arabia’s trade balance in 2013 was a $6.36 billion deficit, with a non-oil/gas surplus of $4.28 billion. 

In the third quarter of 2023, Saudi Arabia’s trade surplus was $26.62 billion, according to data from the International Trade October 2023 report.  This surplus contributed to the overall international trade value of the kingdom, which reached SAR178.210 billion ($47.52 billion), a Saudi Press Agency report said.

🔸️#Ports #Transportation in Saudi Arabia

▪️ Non-oil exports, including re-exports, traversed through 32 different customs ports, encompassing sea, land, and air routes, with an initial estimated value of 22,028 billion Riyals ($5.9 billion).

▪️ Among the various ports and means of transportation, King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail: 4,231 billion Riyals ($1.13 billion), 19.2% of non-petroleum exports

🔸️ Saudi Arabia Trade Excedent

This surplus reflects significant growth in the Saudi trade sector, driven by economic diversification and the enhancement of non-oil exports.

🔸️ Impact on the National Economy of Saudi Arabia

This achievement contributes to strengthening the Saudi economy and is a testament to the effectiveness of the economic and trade policies in place.

🔸️ ▪️ ▪️ 🔸️Exports and Imports

  • ▪️ Exports: 104,306 billion Riyals ($27.8 billion)
  • ▪️ Imports: 73,904 billion Riyals ($19.7 billion)
  • Machinery, electrical equipment, and parts accounted for 22.3% of total imports.
  • Transport equipment and parts followed at 19.4%.

🔸️ Key Trading Partners of Saudi Arabia

🔸️🔸️🔸️ In terms of country-specific exports, China took the lead as the largest destination for Saudi Arabia’s exports, accounting for 18.7% of total exports from the kingdom, with a value of SAR19.545 billion.

Asian countries outside the Arab and Islamic nations took the first position for Saudi exports, accounting for 58.8% of Saudi merchandise exports valued at SAR61.367 billion.

  • Japan followed closely in second place, with SAR12.259 billion (11.8% of total exports).
  • India claimed the third spot with SAR10.190 billion, representing 9.8% of total exports.
  • South Korea ranked fourth, with SAR10.033 billion (9.6%).
  • #China: 19,545 billion Riyals ($5.2 billion), 18.7% of exports
  • #Japan: 12,259 billion Riyals ($3.3 billion), 11.8% of exports
  • #India: 10,190 billion Riyals ($2.7 billion), 9.8% of exports
  • #Southkorea : 10,033 billion Riyals ($2.7 billion), 9.6% of exports

🔸️ The GCC countries came in second, accounting for 9.9% of the total Saudi merchandise exports, with a value of SAR10.334 billion: #UAE: 5,069 billion Riyals ($1.35 billion), 4.9% of exports. The UAE secured the fifth position with SAR5.069 billion, accounting for 4.9% of total Saudi exports.

🔸️🔸️ The European Union countries followed closely in third place, receiving 9.2% of the total Saudi merchandise exports, with a value of SAR9.631 billion.

Saudi Arabia’s top exports include: 

Crude petroleum: In 2021, Saudi Arabia exported $7.76 billion worth of crude petroleum to the United States. In 2021, Saudi Arabia exported 14.5% of the world’s oil.

Refined petroleum: In 2021, Saudi Arabia exported $2.29 billion worth of refined petroleum to the United States.

Ethylene polymers: Saudi Arabia’s top exports include ethylene polymers.


December 28, 2023

Saudi central bank net foreign assets rose by $11.73 billion in November from the previous month, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The net foreign assets rose to 1.568 trillion riyals ($418.16 billion) in November from 1.524 trillion riyals in October, the data showed.

While there was an increase from the previous month, net foreign assets were down 7.6% year-on-year, the data showed. ($1 = 3.7498 riyals).

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In many ways, the case is clear. Nearshoring or onshoring can contribute to risk-resistant supply chains and lead to faster time-to-market, more effective planning cycles, and greater flexibility in response to disruption. Proximate sourcing can enable greater control and more frequent site visits, fewer cultural barriers, and better communication. Reductions in logistics costs and lead times can also bolster the balance sheet by freeing up working capital that is tied up in cash outlays to suppliers and inventory in transit. 

Colliers International releases a new research report on the latest trends for the manufacturing industry in Asia, Europe and the Americas

Greater focus on automation and digital technology in manufacturing globally is helping to shift workforce needs from low-cost to highly-skilled. This trend is apparent across Europe, and globally, according to a report released by Colliers International. The report discusses multiple pressures which global manufacturing and supply chains are confronting.

“To remain competitive in a global context and future-proof their manufacturing sector, advanced economies are embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution and pioneering new forms of smart manufacturing whereby production combines the “Internet of Things” and digital technology to increase productivity, efficiencies and flexibility. Germany for example pursues this objective through its “Industrie 4.0” programme”. Commented Tim Davies, Managing Director, Head of Industrial & Logistics Practise Group for Colliers EMEA.

While this is putting greater emphasis on the quality rather than the quantity of the workforce in advanced economies, low-cost manufacturers remain an important part of the global manufacturing jigsaw. They are seeing their operations shift into less advanced economies, where labour costs are low and supply is more plentiful.

Karel Stransky, Director, EMEA Corporate Solutions: “Europe ultimately needs additional workers to avoid significant labour shortages. EU states in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are anticipating population declines of approximately 10% by 2050, while the EU dependency ratio is expected to double, a measure reflecting the pressure on the productive population. Rural areas will be the most affected due to the continuing urbanisation trend. This begs a question over the sustainability of local labour pools. Going forward, the countries that will emerge as manufacturing winners will be those who continue to create innovative technologies in the most cost-effective manner, combined with competitive, yet affordable, wages.”

CEE has been one of the main beneficiaries of new productive investment in Europe in the last few decades. This has been primarily focused on a group of so-called Tier 1 countries including the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The Czech Republic has one of the highest stocks of manufacturing FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) per capita within CEE. This investment has put local labour markets under pressure.

The Czech unemployment rate has fallen from a post crisis peak of 7.3% in 2010 to 5.1% in 2015 and is expected to fall to just above 4% by the end of 2016, the lowest level in Europe. In Poland, another regional heavyweight, the unemployment rate is predicted to fall to an all-time low of 6.2% by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, gross average manufacturing wages have increased by nearly 50% in the Czech Republic, 57% in Slovakia, 68% in Poland and 73% in Hungary in the space of less than 10 years (2005 to 2014).

These cyclical and structural forces are slowly redrawing the manufacturing landscape across the CEE region as we know it, and are prompting some corporates to consider alternative territories to established manufacturing hot spots.

The report – ”Global Manufacturing Shifts: an EMEA Perspective. Production in the post-BRICs era” cites several significant factors and trends as catalysts for redrawing the manufacturing landscape:

https://focusonbusiness.eu/en/news/colliers-international-releases-a-new-research-report-on-the-latest-trends-for-the-manufacturing-industry-in-asia-europe-and-the-americas/1128

  • Rising labour costs and labour shortages in global manufacturing hot spots are redefining the map of global manufacturing, driving growth into the next group of low cost countries such as South Eastern Europe, Turkey and Morocco.
  • Labour costs are far from being the only determining factor for locating a site or plant or in product-sourcing decisions. The need to improve speed to market and the growing demand for customised product means proximity to final consumers is increasingly important. As a result, regions/countries close to major consumer blocks that offer a good balance between cost/risk are those best placed to benefit from this trend. These include the previously mentioned countries plus South East Asia and Mexico.
  • In line with Industry 4.0, Western European supply chains are set to become increasingly automated, with robot-operated factories the norm. Port operator APM Terminals, for example, recently announced the opening of the world’s first fully-automated container in Rotterdam Port. Amazon has cut its operating expenses by about 20% by using its Kiva robots, and plans to roll out this technology more extensively across Europe and Asia.
  • Automation and technology may also enable the return of some traditionally labour intensive productions, from farther afield, as they seek to maximize speed to market. While this will generate new real estate requirements, the overall impact on job markets is likely to be more muted and unevenly felt across skills/qualifications levels, with the low-skilled workforce set to be most impacted.
  • In CEE, tier 1 markets like Poland and the Czech Republic have become more expensive and increasingly saturated in their primary manufacturing locations. This is likely to pave the way to greater manufacturing investment, particularly by cost-sensitive industries, into “off-the beaten track” regions within these countries or deeper into South Eastern Europe and the Balkans region. Labour cost will be a key driver, with current infrastructure development across the region helping de-risk investment. EU enlargement on other hand seems to have lost momentum but remains important in the mid-long term.
  • Mediterranean countries like Turkey and Morocco are likely to capture some investment thanks to their large, young and educated workforce and their location at the crossroads of Europe and other emerging regions like Africa and the Middle East. Turkey in particular is the Western’ terminal of China’s Silk Road initiative, aimed at strengthening trade between the Far East and Europe and support China’s outward investment.

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TotalEnergies and Nigeria Energy Plans

TotalEnergies has announced plans to invest up to $6 billion in Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa. 

In December 2023, French TotalEnergies announced plans to invest $6bn (€5.47bn) over multiple years in gas production and deep-water projects.  This investment will boost its oil and gas operations in Nigeria and is aligned with the trend among international oil companies (IOCs) that are shifting their focus from onshore to offshore operations in Nigeria.

However, there have been challenges in retaining the oil major’s interest in offshore assets in Nigeria, which have been susceptible to insecurity and vandalism. Nigeria’s oil and gas infrastructure, including pipelines, has faced issues related to insecurity and maintenance. Mele Kyari, the group managing director of NNPC Limited, mentioned to senators in November 2023 that over 5,000 kilometers of pipelines in Nigeria are not operational. For example, the pipeline from Warri to Benin has been inactive for the past 22 years.

Equinor, the Norwegian state-owned international energy company, recently sold its stake in the Chevron-operated Agbami field, which is one of Nigeria’s largest deep-water oilfields. The buyer was Chappal Energies, a local rival, and this transaction reflects the broader trend of international oil companies (IOCs), such as ExxonMobil and Shell, either exiting or planning to exit certain operations in Nigeria.

Nigeria has seen a continual drop to a multi-decade low of below 1 million barrels per day in 2022 due to challenges such as oil theft, vandalism, and aging infrastructure. Nigeria is actively working to overcome these obstacles and boost production levels. All these conditions have resulted in the loss of revenues at a time when international demand such as the European need to find substitute suppliers for Russian oil and gas and China and India’s increased reliance on fossil energy.

Nigeria plays a significant role in TotalEnergies’ global output, contributing 8 to 10 percent of the company’s total production. Additionally, Nigeria accounts for more than 18 percent of TotalEnergies’ overall investments.


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Nigeria’s oil and gas policy includes: 

  • National Petroleum Policy (NPP)Approved in 2017, this policy aims to use hydrocarbons as a fuel for national economic growth.
  • Nigerian National Gas Policy Approved in 2017, this policy provides a framework for developing and using natural gas.
  • Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)Signed in 2021, this act aims to create an environment that is conducive to the growth of the oil and gas sector.
  • Petroleum Industry Act 2021This act aims to address the grievances of communities and create an environment that is conducive to the growth of the sector.

Other goals of Nigeria’s oil and gas policy include: 

  • Making the economy entirely gas-powered by 2030
  • Recovering 50% of methane recovered from landfills by 2030
  • Reducing open burning of waste by 50% by 2030
  • Reducing 30% of emission intensity in the agricultural sector by 2030
  • Converting 25% of all buses to natural gas by 2030
  • Phasing out 80% of HFCs by 2045

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is responsible for monitoring the petroleum industry and supervising all petroleum industry operations. 



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Europe and Nigerian Gas

Europe and Nigerian Gas

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Germany and Africa: New Clean Energetic Relation

Germany and Africa: New Clean Energetic Relation

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African Continental Free Trade Area

AfCFTA🌍 African Continental Free Trade Area

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Bringing together 54 signatory states among the continent’s 55, the AfCFTA aims to create the world’s largest free trade zone, representing a market of 1.3 billion consumers.

✈️ African Continental Free Trade Area

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The year 2023 is the African Union (AU) Year of Acceleration of AfCFTA Implementation. In line with the Decision of the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (the AU Assembly), held on 1–2 July 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Member States are required to set up NICs to facilitate implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement.

The primary objective is to boost intra-African trade. “Intra-African trade currently represents only 15% of the continent’s total trade, compared with 58% in Asia and 67% in Europe” (source: UN). The World Bank estimates that the implementation of the AfCFTA will boost intra-African trade volumes by 52.3% by 2025, as well as revenues for Africa and the rest of the world.


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First, AfCFTA implementation structures will need to be designed in ways that align well with existing trade negotiations and implementation structures. Second, the AfCFTA is not only a Free Trade Agreement but also a trade strategy involving a range of complementary instruments that address implementation, monitoring, payment systems, adjustment, and industrial policy.

This has led to much interest in Member States in what effective NICs look like and what they do. The role of the AfCFTA Secretariat in supporting the formation and operation of NICs is paramount. Two features associated with the AfCFTA project are important for implementation.

This briefing, aimed at the AfCFTA community concerned with implementing the AfCFTA, identifies appropriate institutional forms for NICs as well as 10 core functions that effective implementation agencies will carry out. It also outlines a potential five-step AfCFTA template for effective NIC formation and operation.

From negotiations to implementation: Building Effective AfCFTA National  Implementation Committees

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The African Union’s observations on the AfCFTA augur well for sectoral opportunities for businesses worldwide. Indeed, the institution behind the AfCFTA has made a number of recommendations to ensure that the initiative is properly implemented and achieves its stated projections.

According to the African Union, massive investment will be required in many sectors of African economies. The first and foremost need announced is for investment in improving the continent’s infrastructure. This financing requirement has been identified at between 130 and 170 billion dollars per year (source: AU), and the African Union is calling on governments to give priority to partnerships with the private sector and the transfer of technology on a global scale to modernize infrastructures.

On a sectoral level, opportunities have been identified in manufacturing, a sector that still contributes too little to Africa’s GDP, but whose growth forecasts have tripled following the implementation of the AfCFTA. The African Union particularly insisted on the priority of developing certain sectoral industries such as agro-processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, green technologies, and mineral processing.

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Finally, particular attention is to pay to digital trade and all the technologies that are revolutionizing the way we do business today. Fintech solutions, mobile money and other digital tools for commerce are developing rapidly on the continent and require further investment and innovation.


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In 2021, the combined GDP of the 54 African countries was less than 15% of the GDP of the United States. The continent is made up of many relatively small countries, economies and markets, which is a disadvantage on the global stage, where countries with huge populations and GDPs wield the most influence.

Deeper economic integration in Africa paves the way for shared prosperity and greater global influence. Regional integration, similar to that of the European Union, has been cited as a key element in creating stability, fostering the growth of economies, improving market efficiency, sharing the costs of major infrastructure projects and ensuring peace and safety. And as the world becomes more digital every day, digital integration is essential for successful regional integration.

In this context, “digital integration” refers to the creation of shared systems and standard rules for digitalization across Africa. This involves digital cooperation, particularly in the areas of finance, governance and security. In practice, digital integration will include concepts such as a harmonized digital financial system, consistent laws across the continent for digital activities, and shared regulatory technology such as identity verification, e-taxation, and business registration systems. in Africa.

Partnerships with the private sector, building interoperable systems, and attention to electrical and Internet infrastructure are three key ideas that could help accelerate this digital integration.

Read more at : Lanre Ogungbe: September 07, 2023, Accelerating Digital Integration in Africa, Harvard Business Review.



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TRI CK USA priviledge the mix approach to build a diverse and stronger strategy to provide our clients with all the information they need and this in form of business intelligence that facilitate for the Leaders and the Decision-Makers to apply and manage their operations with instruments that are customized and adaptable to the needs of the enterprise:

TRI CK USA uses a mix of primary and secondary sources, qualitative and quantitative methods, and internal and external data.

Definition of the Tools used by TRI CK USA

Primary sources are those that you collect directly from your customers, competitors, or industry experts, such as surveys, interviews, focus groups, or mystery shopping.

Secondary sources are those that are already available from other sources, such as reports, publications, websites, or databases.

Qualitative methods are those that explore the opinions, motivations, and behaviors of your target market, such as observation, content analysis, or case studies.

Quantitative methods are those that measure the size, growth, and trends of your market, such as statistics, surveys, or experiments. Internal data are those that come from your own business operations, such as sales, customer feedback, or financial statements.

External data are those that come from the broader environment, such as economic, social, or technological factors.

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12/04/2023

News Oriented and Based on Business Consulting and Services – Oakland, California

At TRI Consulting Kyoto – TRI CK USA, today we delighted to offer you a mosaic of topics that will provide to you an opportunity to access and read news, thoughts and inputs as well as insights related the areas of operations and involvement in terms of the countries that are the focus and the interests of our existing, potential and prospective clients.

TRI NEWS REPORT will also provide insightful and business based intelligence advices to enable are readers and members to benefit from our first-hand experience in the diverse domains of international trade, business, economics, finance and culture development and management.

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