In its February 2024 Global Monthly report, the World Bank Group stated that global trade was relatively low at an estimated growth of 0.2% in 2023. Specifically, global goods trade fell by 2.2% in 2023. This is reflective of the slowdown in the global growth of industrial production specifically in advanced economies along with the slowdown in emerging markets and developing economies. This is a consequent of the fading pandemic era disruptions and supply chain pressures. Notably, this marks the first annual decline outside of a global recession in the past 20 years. Conversely, services trade recorded an improvement in 2023 specifically in the first half buoyed by robust demand for travel and international tourism activities. Overall, global trade is projected to pick up by 2.3% in 2024 and further expansion by 3.1% in 2025, supported by global growth output and normalization in trade patterns.