The information on regional commerce flows of digitally deliverable companies exhibits that, in Europe, 62% of those exports had been to economies throughout the area (see Chart 1). In distinction, North America exported 82% of its digitally deliverable companies to economies outdoors the area. Areas such because the Center East, South and Central America and the Caribbean, and Africa likewise targeted on exterior markets.
Chart 1: Regional exports of digitally deliverable companies by vacation spot, 2023
% share primarily based on balanced values
Supply: WTO estimates (2025). Balanced Commerce in Providers dataset (BaTIS) within the WTO World Providers Commerce Information Hub.
* CIS refers back to the Commonwealth of Impartial States, together with sure affiliate and former member states.
Word: Digitally deliverable companies within the chart embody monetary and insurance coverage companies, telecommunications, pc and knowledge companies, different enterprise companies, expenses for using mental property n.i.e., companies, in addition to private, cultural and leisure companies, comparable to audiovisual companies.
An in-depth evaluation of digitally deliverable companies additional exhibits that the share of Africa’s exports of pc companies to Europe rose from 47.6% in 2019 to 51.4% in 2023. Elevated regionalization was noticed in Asia as effectively as in North America and in South and Central America and the Caribbean, but it surely was much less pronounced, over the identical interval.
Chart 2: Laptop companies exports by origin and vacation spot, 2023
% shares primarily based on balanced values
1 CIS refers back to the Commonwealth of Impartial States, together with sure affiliate and former member states.
2 Contains the Caribbean.
Supply WTO estimates (2025). Balanced Commerce in Providers dataset (BaTIS) within the WTO World Providers Commerce Information Hub.
BaTIS information additionally sheds mild on exports of “different enterprise companies,” together with numerous skilled, administration, and technical companies, from teams comparable to Small, Susceptible Economies (SVEs). In 2023, SVE exports reached primarily main markets comparable to america (14%), the United Kingdom (12%) and Japan (8%) amongst others.
Chart 3: Small and Susceptible Economies (SVEs) exports of “Different enterprise companies” by vacation spot, 2023
% share primarily based on balanced values
Supply: WTO estimates (2025). Balanced Commerce in Providers dataset (BaTIS) within the WTO World Providers Commerce Information Hub.
The BaTIS dataset, accessible for obtain, incorporates (i) reported bilateral information by economies, (ii) reported information together with changes and estimates to fill information gaps, and (iii) the ultimate balanced values to reconcile asymmetrical exports and imports.
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