Global trade grows but is expected to slow in 2022; SC Ventures launches bank agnostic SCF; LNG industry rebounds in 2021 to 380m tonnes

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

 

• Global trade in LNG increased 6% to 380 million tonnes during 2021 as many countries rebounded from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook. 

• SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm, has launched Trade and Supply Chain Connect (TASConnect)

• A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has revealed that global trade reached a record high in 2021, about $28.5 trillion, an increase of almost 13% relative to pre-Covid pandemic levels.

 

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