Chinese exports crater (sort of)

David Llewellyn-Smith

Monday 19 May 2025

For a short while, anyway, Goldman.

Both IMF and Elane (a Chinese shipping data company) provide vessel traffic data categorized by ship type.

The IMF has developed a sophisticated algorithm to project export and import volume for major ports in China.

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About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.