ASEAN economies await a cloudy 2024 amid export worries

Trade-oriented countries are 'not out of the woods' yet after 2023's slowdown

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Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port on July 16. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

DYLAN LOH, NANA SHIBATA, RAMON ROYANDOYAN and FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writers

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA/MANILA/BANGKOK -- Southeast Asia's economic growth could improve next year, according to analysts and official projections, but wobbly macroeconomic conditions could cause uneven gains among countries.

One economist pointed out that trade-reliant countries are "not out of the woods" yet after a slowdown in exports stemming from the weak Chinese and global economies dragged down their performance this year.

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