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RWI/ISL- Container Throughput Index rises slightly in April – global trade defies US tariff policy

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose slightly in April. According to the latest flash estimate, the index climbed to a seasonally adjusted 137.3 points, up from 136.2 points (revised) in March. The latest development shows that global trade has so far remained stable despite increasing…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: US customs policy shows first effects

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to a seasonally adjusted 135.3 points in March compared to 137.6 points (revised) in the previous month. After container throughput in European ports had already fallen in the previous month, shipping trade is…

Joint Economic Forecast Spring Report 2025: Geopolitical turn intensifies crisis – structural reforms even more urgent

The German economy will continue to tread water in 2025. In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of just 0.1 per cent for the current year. For 2026, the institutes expect gross domestic product to increase by 1.3 per cent. In the short term, the new US trade policy and economic policy uncertainty are weighing on the German…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Effects of US tariff policy not yet visible

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose to a seasonally adjusted 135.1 points in February compared to 134.0 points (revised) in the previous month. The rise is due to an increase in container throughput in many regions of the world. In European ports,…

RWI/ISL- Container Throughput Index: International tensions weigh on global trade

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose to a seasonally adjusted 133.1 points in January compared to 128.9 points (revised) in the previous month. This compensates for the decline in December. Overall, however, container throughput has stagnated since…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Global trade comes to a standstill at the end of the year

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to a seasonally adjusted 131.2 points in December compared to 133.6 points (revised) in the previous month. A decline was observed in all regions of the world.

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Container throughput weakens in final quarter

According to the latest flash estimate by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), the Container Throughput Index remained almost constant in November at a seasonally adjusted 131.9 points compared to the previous month. However, container throughput in the European ports rose sharply once again. There was also an upward trend…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Next downtick for container traffic

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) decreased slightly in September compared to the previous month to a seasonally adjusted 131.7 points. Container traffic decreased notably in the Chinese ports. The European ports, by contrast, recorded a strong…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Container throughput softens slightly in September, trend still positive

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) decreased slightly in September compared to the previous month to a seasonally adjusted 134.0 points. Container traffic decreased notably in China and European ports, while it was stable in the other world regions.…

RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Container throughput increases on a broad basis

According to the latest flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose quite sharply in August to a seasonally adjusted 134.4 points compared to the previous month. The strong growth was spread fairly evenly across the regions of the world analysed.