2009 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement

Procurement from developing countries and countries with economies in transition
General Assembly resolution 57/279 on procurement reform (specifically paragraph 6), encouraged United Nations
organizations to increase sourcing opportunities for suppliers from developing countries and countries with economies in
transition. General Assembly resolution 61/246 (specifically paragraph 24), reiterated this request. In response, United Nations
organizations attempted to place more orders with suppliers from these countries. The growth of such orders has more than
doubled in dollar terms from 2005 to <strong>2009</strong>, as shown in Figure 4.
($ Million)
8,000
7,000
Figure 4
UN procurement from developing countries and countries with
economies in transition, 2005-<strong>2009</strong>
6,972
Services
Goods
7,576
6,000
5,000
5,166 5,425
3,337 4,263
4,000
3,594
2,656
2,673
3,000
1,504
2,000
1,000
2,090
2,510 2,752
3,635 3,313
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 <strong>2009</strong>
In <strong>2009</strong> procurement from developing countries and countries with economies in transition increased by almost $1 billion
over 2008 further building upon the $1.5 billion increase from 2007 to 2008. Of note, procurement from developing countries
and countries with economies in transition has increased from 51.3 percent in 2008 to 54.9 percent of total United Nations
procurement volume in <strong>2009</strong>, while procurement from industrialized countries increased from 37.9 percent in 2008 to 43.9
percent in <strong>2009</strong>. Procurement from unspecified countries decreased from $1.4 billion to $0.15 billion in <strong>2009</strong>. Countries
remain unspecified when organizations cannot attribute the origin of the supplier in their management information systems.
This substantial decrease is due to WFP now being able to provide the origin of transportation services, which in previous
years accounted for up to $1.2 billion in procurement from unspecified countries.
Figure 5
UN procurement from industrialized countries, developing countries and
countries with economies in transition, 2005-<strong>2009</strong>
(as a percentage of the total procurement volume)
60.0%
40.0%
20.0%
0.0%
Developing Countries & Countries Industrialised Unspecified
with Economies in Transition Countries Countries
2004 41.1% 45.9% 13.0%
2005 43.1% 42.7% 14.2%
2006 54.9% 35.2% 9.9%
2007 53.6% 37.7% 8.7%
2008 51.3% 37.9% 10.8%
<strong>2009</strong> 54.9% 44.0% 1.1%
2005 2006 2007 2008 <strong>2009</strong>
Industrialized countries
Developing countries &
countries with economies in
transition
Unspecified countries
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