The Capgemini Consulting Global Trade Index tracks trade by quarter, based on the latest available official data from national agencies. The figures from this first-ever edition show that global trade levels grew by 8.5 percent during the third quarter of 2009, with the main driver for this shifting from emerging market growth to stabilization in developed markets.

The Index, which will be published every three months, assesses the developments in global trade and relative position of the 23 countries playing the biggest role in the global trade arena.