Original Articles
The following are articles published originally on the New Silk Road Monitor Site.
Red Sea Economies – By The Numbers
Photo: Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port Red Sea Economies/Population and Exports at a Glance Country Population GDP Top Export Destination Saudi Arabia 32.3 M $782.4 B China Egypt 95.7 M $245.6 B Italy Sudan 39.6 M $33.9 B UAE Yemen 27.6M $26.9 B China...
Top Ten China Crude Oil Suppliers 2018
In our latest Top Ten List, we look at the Top Ten Crude Suppliers to China for 2018. The United States sneaked in at the number ten spot this year, and would likely have ticked upward in 2019 were it not for the US-China trade war. For more on U.S petroleum, see the...
The United States of Petroleum
The United States quietly surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia in 2018 as the world's largest crude oil producer, according to the Energy Information Administration. If you count all petroleum liquids, the U.S is by far the world's largest producer. This table below,...
DP World Primer
DP World Primer - By Afshin Molavi (Part of the Dubai Silk Road Series) Dubai-headquartered DP World is the world’s fifth largest container terminal network operator, handling 71.4 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) last year at 78 marine and inland terminals...
The Top Ten Fastest Growing Economies for 2019
Photo: A view from King George VI Street at Arat Kilo District, Addis Ababa, capital of the the third fastest-growing economy in the world. The IMF has just published its latest World Economic Outlook, including a downward revision to its earlier global growth...
New Silk Road Monitor LNG Weekly Must-Reads – April 9-16
The Five Must-Read Stories on the Global LNG Market This Week - April 9-16 Egypt To Nearly Double LNG Export Capacity by 2019 Egypt will nearly double its liquefied natural gas export capacity to 2 billion cubic feet per day by the end of 2019, and also plans to...
New Silk Road Weekly Saudi Arabia Chronicle – April 8-15
The New Silk Road Weekly Saudi Arabia Chronicle A compendium of the key numbers, quotes, and stories reflecting the economy of Saudi Arabia, curated from global and domestic news sources. Sources: News Agencies, Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Arab News,...
New Silk Road Weekly China Chronicle – April 8-15
New Silk Road Weekly China Chronicle A compendium of the key numbers, quotes, and stories shaping China, curated from global and domestic news sources. Sources: News Agencies, Shanghai Daily, China Daily, Beijing Review Key Numbers 2.6% The World Trade...
China By the Numbers – April 8, 2019
$3.099 Trillion China's foreign exchange reserves, on the back of a $9 billion boost in March. $78.525 Billion The value of China's gold reserves 20% China stock rally this year 2% Yuan rise against the dollar this year, after falling 5.3% last year. Source:...
How One Company — and One Man — Is Transforming India
The Nikkei Asian Review has an excellent cover story on the phenomenon - and there is no other way to describe it - of Jio, the company that brought low-cost mobile services to tens of millions of Indians. The story highlights the vision of Mukesh Ambani, India's...