20th – 31st May 2024

Rail Freight surge in Denmark and Leading indicators in South Korea

The latest data additions for May 2024 feature new rail freight statistics from Denmark, showcasing its role as a key transit hub, and expanded coverage of industrial shipments in South Korea, highlighting electronic components as leading indicators for global trade.

Highlights

Denmark

Rail freight statistics have been added from Statistics Denmark. The dataset is broken down by type of transport and includes domestic freight, international freight, and transit.

The chart below displays the evolution on a year-on-year basis of the total rail freight, with the transportation types’ individual contributions presented in stacked columns. Denmark’s railway system is connected to Germany and Sweden and serves as a hub for rail freight between Continental Europe and the Nordics. This is emphasized in the chart where transit appears as the main driver of railway freight.

South Korea

We’ve complemented our coverage for industrial shipments with the addition of selected electronic components shipped domestically and internationally. Items include, among others, semiconductors, computers & peripheral equipment, electronic components, and more.

We displayed selected electronic items in the 2nd pane of the chart below, transformed on a year-on-year percent change and smoothed by applying a 3-month average. On the first pane, we calculated a cross-sectional average of these four items and compared it with an indicator of global trade from CPB – a Dutch institute. We found that the cross-sectional average had the highest correlation with the CPB indicator when it is pushed forward by 2 months, suggesting that it can be used as a leading indicator for global trade evolution.

Complete list

Denmark

Rail Freight
Country & Region > Denmark [dk, Region] > Transport & Communications [tran, Category] > Rail Freight > Capacity]

Japan

Corporate Goods: Exports Price Index
Country & Region > Japan [jp, Region] > Prices [pric, Category] > Export/Import Prices > Export Price Index > Corporate Goods

Corporate Goods: Imports Price Index
Country & Region > Japan [jp, Region] > Prices [pric, Category] > Export/Import Prices > Import Price Index > Corporate Goods

Corporate Goods: Producer  Price Index
Country & Region > Japan [jp, Region] > Prices [pric, Category] > Producer Price Index > Corporate Goods

New Zealand

Foreign Trade, select items at 8 digits HS level
Country & Region > New Zealand [nz, Region] > Trade [trad, Category] > Foreign Trade > Export & Import > Commodities > HS Chapters

Russia

Medium-Term Forecast Publication (Central Bank of Russian Federation)
Country & Region > Russia [ru, Region] > Interest & Exchange Rates [rate, Category] > Policy Rates > Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Sweden

Excessive Deficit Procedure, by sector
Country & Region > Sweden [se, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Debt > General Government > Excessive Deficit Procedure > By Sector

Municipal Housing Companies & Private Bodies, Unlet Dwellings
Country & Region > Sweden [se, Region] > Construction & Real Estate [cons, Category] > Real Estate > Real Estate Stock > Inventory > Statistics Sweden (SCB) > Overall

South Korea

Industrial Production, Shipments for selected electronic items
Country & Region > South Korea [kr, Region] > Production [prod, Category] > Industrial Summary > Shipments > Export & Domestic Market

Thailand

Domestic Tourism, Guest arrivals
Country & Region > Thailand [th, Region] > Tourism [tour, Category] > Guest Arrivals

Domestic Tourism, Occupancy rate
Country & Region > Thailand [th, Region] > Tourism [tour, Category] > Occupancy Rate

World

Futures: SGX Baltic Container Freight Route
Futures > Futures - Continuation Series > Freight > Shipping > Singapore Exchange (SGX) > SGX Baltic Container Freight Route FBX01 [sec_sgx_cx01f, Security]