Infrastructure-related imports are expected to grow the fastest in the emerging economies of Viet Nam, Malaysia and Indonesia, followed by India, Bangladesh, Egypt and Turkey (HSBC Bank, 2013).
As for China, and while it accounted for most of the infrastructure investments over the past decade, there remains scope for more infrastructure-related imports given its expanding energy and public transportation requirements (Shipping and Finance, 2013b).
This entails some major implications for seaborne trade flows, in particular iron-ore, coal, minerals and metals trade.