ECLAC LAUNCHES REPORT ON TRADE PERFORMANCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Santiago de Chile, September 7- The complex current world economic scenario is affecting foreign trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. The size of its impact is analyzed in a new ECLAC report, to be launched next week.

In its document entitled Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2011-2012, the UN body analyzes the exports and imports performance in the region in the last months and draws prospectives for the rest of the year.

The annual report, one of the most important ECLAC documents, will be presented by the Executive Secretary of the Commission Alicia Bárcena at a press conference, to be held on 13 September at 11:00 am, at the Commission's Subregional Headquarters in Mexico City.

In this edition of the document, drafted by the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC, the following topics will be addressed - among others:

- The world economic situation and its complex current restructuring.

- The commodities' boom: balance and prospects.

- Recent performance and short-term prospectives of trade and economic integration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

- The foreseeable world economic context and underlying challenges for the international integration of the region.

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