Key findings from this year's report include:

• 33% of countries suffered negative growth in 2010, compared to 84% in 2009.
• 20% of countries suffered double digit negative growth in 2010, compared to 74% in 2009.
• 2% of countries saw a decline of more than 50% in 2010, compared to 10% of countries in 2009.
• North America regains its longstanding role as the leading region (34.6% of world trade, and growth of 11.8%).
• Europe slipped into second position, growing just 0.5% in sales volumes.
• The People's Republic of China overtook both Germany and Japan to second position in the global league table, behind the US.

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