Formerly the ICC Trade Register, the 2026 report combines 18 years of credit-risk data with new intelligence on global trade trends and the future of trade finance.
Global trade in goods and services reached approximately US$35 trillion in 2025, demonstrating continued resilience despite geopolitical tensions, tariff changes and disruption to major trade routes according to the 2026 ICC Global Trade Intelligence Report. Formerly the ICC Trade register, the report was published today by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in collaboration with Global Credit Data (GCD) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), marking its evolution into a broader source of data and intelligence for the global trade and trade finance industry.
Looking ahead, ICC warns that policy choices could however have a significant impact on global trade. Modelling by BCG presented in the report identifies a difference of almost US$13 trillion between the strongest and weakest scenarios for global goods trade by 2035.
At the same time, the underlying risk evidence continues to demonstrate the low-risk characteristics of trade finance. (....)