This slideshow presents the top emerging logistics hubs in the Asia-Pacific region, based on such factors as the shift in low-end manufacturing; rising consumption power, and infrastructure and policy developments.
In Asia-Pacific trade as a percentage of GDP has increased from 38% in 2000 to 47% in 2015, and is expected to remain steady at 50% through to 2030. As logistic hubs are "centerpieces for trading functions," CBRE recently released a report, "Asia Pacific Logistic Hubs, 2015," analyzing emerging hubs in Asia Pacific.
The regions were chosen based on factors which included the shift in low-end manufacturing; rising consumption power and infrastructure and policy developments.