Fastest Growing Industries by Exports in Global in 2025

• 1. Global Car & Automobile Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 7.3%

  Global car and automobile manufacturers have faced numerous challenges over the past decade, given major exogenous shocks, shifting consumer preferences and supply chain disruptions. In particular, significant technological improvements, particularly regarding hybrid and electric vehicles, internal combustion engine fuel efficiency, infotainment development and autonomous driving capabilities, coupled with rising per capita disposable income, have spurred global demand from the growing global...

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• 2. Global Biotechnology

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 4.7%

  Explosive growth in biotechnology in recent years can't be understated. What's fueling this rapid growth varies, as biotech's applications range from healthcare and agriculture to energy. COVID-19 brought more attention to biotechnology, as biotech companies were central to vaccine development and reopening the economy. Biotech's potential to develop vaccines shifted the industry's trajectory, with investment reaching unprecedented levels globally and spurring more start-up activity than ever...

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• 3. Global Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 4.6%

  Global heavy-duty truck manufacturers have faced volatile conditions through the current period. The pandemic and soaring inflation largely offset gains from torrid e-commerce growth and massive economic stimulus in 2021 and 2022. In particular, declining output from Chinese manufacturers has threatened stability. Similarly, tightening emissions and safety standards have forced manufacturers to innovate, leading to elevated research and development costs. Similarly, union pressures in North A...

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• 4. Global Plastic Product & Packaging Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 4.5%

  The global plastic parts and packaging industry continues to face potential volatility. Trade uncertainties due to tariffs, particularly involving the US, Mexico, Canada, and China, are creating cost pressures for manufacturers who must consider pricing adjustments or supply chain realignments. Shifts in petrochemical prices further complicates cost management, pushing companies to explore alternative materials to stabilize input costs. Meanwhile, e-commerce growth has driven higher dem...

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• 5. Global Respiratory Ventilator Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 4.3%

  Respiratory ventilators' role in supporting health outcomes globally has always been evident, but their importance gained worldwide attention in 2020. Ventilators were critical to treating the initial outbreak of COVID-19, but ventilator shortages created a massive imbalance between supply and demand, creating an unprecedented environment for manufacturers. The pandemic-led surge in ventilator production has resulted in a challenging oversupply situation for manufacturers. Initially, companie...

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• 6. Global Cardboard Box & Container Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 3.8%

  The industry has benefited from growth in global consumer spending and world GDP. Growing consumer spending led to the expansion of downstream markets, including manufacturing, retail and wholesale businesses. In addition, rising demand from emerging markets, such as China and India, has boosted the need for cardboard containers. However, strong fluctuations in the world price of wood pulp have hampered revenue growth in specific years. However, supply chain disruptions during and following t...

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• 7. Global Pharmaceuticals & Medicine Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 3.8%

  Global pharmaceutical manufacturers support health outcomes in developed and emerging economies. Rising pharmaceutical spending has been fueled by an aging population, longer life spans and the prevalence of chronic diseases. At the same time, tech and medical breakthroughs are introducing new specialty drugs that fill unmet medical needs but come with a higher price tag. Concerns globally that rising pharmaceutical spending has been driven more by higher prices over higher utilization have c...

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• 8. Global Beer Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 3.8%

  The Global Beer Manufacturing industry has struggled due to shifts in its structure over the past five years. Rising disposable income during most of the period and consumers' shift from traditional products to higher-quality beer has underpinned rising beer consumption and strong volume growth in emerging markets. But declining per capita beer consumption and relatively flat volume growth have hampered revenue across China and traditional North American and European markets. This has been am...

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• 9. Global Consumer Electronics Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 3.8%

  Consumer electronics producers have endured moderate volatility in recent years. Producers have somewhat benefited from shifts in consumer behavior, with the growing popularity of entertainment in audio form, like podcasts, driving demand for new audio equipment. Similarly, smart TVs have become more popular amid the fast adoption of streaming services, as many of these have streaming apps integrated into their software. Manufacturers developing products that adapt to changing consumer needs ...

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• 10. Global Spirits Manufacturing

  Growth in Exports for 2025: 3.5%

  The Global Spirits Manufacturing industry has benefited from premiumization trends in both developed and emerging economies over the past five years. Emerging markets like China and India have picked up the slack from Eastern European declines resulting from political tensions and government intervention. Spirit consumption in emerging markets has flourished alongside population growth and urbanization, while consumers in developed economies have spent more on spirits by trading up to premium...

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