What is the trend of world exports and its forecast?

The exports around the world have followed a positive trend over the past 10 years and have increased at an average rate of 12%. The exports followed very closely the trend of imports experiencing and abrupt change in 2003 in which the rate of exports accelerates at a rate of 16,5%. The forecast indicates that the exports around the world will increase by 1032 billion dollars each year which indicates that there are more countries that will import rather than export.