The world market for semiconductor microchips totaled $ 440.4 billion in 2020, a growth of 6.9% year-on-year, NXP Semiconductors reported. According to this company, advances in semiconductor technology have increased the functionality and performance of semiconductors, improving their characteristics and power consumption, while reducing their size and cost.
As part of the history of semiconductors, these devices are responsible for the rapid growth of the electronics industry over the last 50 years. To Understand: Semiconductors perform a wide variety of functions within electronic products and systems, including data processing, sensing, information storage, and conversion or control
Revenues from tolls from the Panama Canal for fiscal year 2020 (concluded in September) reached 2,663 million dollars, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year, according to data from the Panama Canal Authority (PCA). As of September 30, 2020, the Canal’s total workforce (which includes temporary and permanent employees) was
World commodity prices rebounded in 2021 after two years of year-on-year declines, according to information from UNCTAD. In 2021, the positive trend in commodity prices has continued from the low observed in the second quarter of 2020. The aggregate index of raw materials registered an increase of 25%
World corn trade will decline for the first time in 13 years, the World Trade Organization (WTO) projected. Specifically: forecasts suggest that in the 2021/2022 season (July/June) world trade will be 179.2 million tons, a decrease of 5% in year-on-year terms. How is this result in disaggregated form?
Australia will remain at the top of the world’s largest iron ore exporters for the next three years, according to Australian government projections. In fact, Australia more than doubled its closest competitor in this indicator, Brazil. First of all, the top five positions in 2020 were as follows: