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Official account of @UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). We work to ensure everyone benefits from the global economy. Secretary-General @RGrynspan.

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

As competition for critical minerals grows, global trade risks fragmentation with overlapping rules and standards.

Trade policy needs to support development in mineral-rich countries while enabling the low-carbon, digital transition.

UNCTAD analysis: https://t.co/PuD9VcjoEK

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Critical minerals, essential to clean energy, digitalization and electrification, are reshaping global trade.

Will they drive fragmentation or build resilience?

Stronger cooperation and policy coherence will be key: https://t.co/SC7UemYehY

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Demand for critical energy transition minerals is projected to soar: lithium +350%+, graphite +130% by 2040.

UNCTAD examines how countries are responding and how to keep trade open, predictable and development-oriented: https://t.co/223GSB5wOm

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Critical minerals are in high demand. But supply is concentrated and much of the value is captured beyond extraction.

Trade policy is now a key lever. Can it drive both inclusive development and a low-carbon future?

https://t.co/zhMVPRuBlK

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Madagascar can boost value from critical energy transition minerals while diversifying beyond mining.

The Southern African Development Community offers $275.1M in export opportunities, led by chemicals, paper and food processing.

UNCTAD analysis: https://t.co/RaWcPrJ0Q3

[Economist Enterprise @econ_enterprise]

Can we ensure that a fractured trade system still supports development and inclusive growth? Or are we entering a period of permanent marginalisation for smaller economies?

In her latest analysis, @luzmadelamora, @UNCTAD, highlights a critical shift: trade is no longer just about efficiency; it’s now a tool for national security. https://t.co/FTDKtX41C7

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Monitoring and evaluation remain a key weakness for national trade facilitation committees.

Bridging these gaps will be crucial to accelerating reforms for faster, cheaper and more predictable cross-border trade.

UNCTAD analysis: https://t.co/3Nsk0Abfoi

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have pushed up oil prices and hit vulnerable economies hard.

Some depend on the Gulf for a significant share of their energy imports and now face the added challenge of securing alternative supplies.

Read more: https://t.co/aPnFv4QVlX

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Rising oil prices linked to Strait of Hormuz disruptions are adding pressure on vulnerable economies – lifting import costs, fueling inflation and straining public finances for nearly 1 billion people.

UNCTAD analysis: https://t.co/5umSy3PLKc

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

On World Oceans Day, new @UNCTAD data show that services surpassed goods to account for over half of ocean trade ($2.5 trillion) in 2025.

How can developing economies turn this shift into greater value creation and stronger ocean conservation?

Explore: https://t.co/mmnqjZ22xg

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Global trade, food systems and livelihoods depend on the ocean.

“Reimagine,” the theme of World Oceans Day 2026, calls for action: restore ocean health and sustain development.

Explore how a sustainable and inclusive ocean economy can deliver: https://t.co/xDev73XTF5

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Meeting with President Randrianirina, UNCTAD’s acting chief discussed support for Madagascar’s development priorities, including opportunities to add value and diversify economic activity within and beyond the country’s critical minerals value chain.

https://t.co/1kGcrRfBEH

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Madagascar: The UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2024–2028 was signed on 5 June.

The framework will strengthen support for the country's technical cooperation projects and align collective UN efforts with national priorities and the 2030 Agenda.

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Madagascar: UNCTAD rapid assessment explores value addition & diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain.

The official launch was attended by Minister of Industrialization and Private Sector Development Ny Riana Nampoina Raharimanjato.

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay.

Today and every day, we work with countries to build green, blue and circular economies, ensuring that trade is part of the solution to the triple planetary crisis: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.

Learn more: https://t.co/M975Aqiayr

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

In Antananarivo today, Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno met with Madagascar’s President Michael Randrianirina to launch a new UNCTAD rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the country’s critical energy transition minerals value chain.

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Madagascar can add more value to critical energy transition minerals while diversifying beyond mining.

UNCTAD identifies 259 potential products across 23 sectors – plastics, chemicals & more.

Of these, 209 offer export opportunities worth about $1.1bn.

https://t.co/2exYGQcPkI

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Madagascar peut diversifier son économie bien au-delà du secteur minier.

Un nouveau rapport de la CNUCED identifie 259 produits dans 23 secteurs.

209 offrent des opportunités d’exportation, avec un potentiel pondéré d’environ 1,1 milliard de dollars.

https://t.co/JlUQiCWTaW

[Nações Unidas @NacoesUnidas]

Economias vulneráveis ​​sofrem o maior peso das interrupções no Estreito de Ormuz.

A disparada dos preços do petróleo elevou os custos em vários setores, com impactos severos para os países em desenvolvimento.

Veja os detalhes no relatório da @UNCTAD: https://t.co/1pq0jQNNVS

[UN Trade and Development @UNCTAD]

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have ripple effects for small island developing states.

@UNCTAD estimates that a sustained 50% increase in refined oil prices could raise their annual net oil import bill by about $4 billion.

More: https://t.co/56E02mdZCS