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How much of Bangladesh’s trade passes through the Cape of Good Hope?

In 2024, an estimated $44.8 billion of Bangladesh’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 42.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $36.7 billion of exports and $8.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the United States and France.

Summary

Estimated value
$44.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
42.4%
Exports
$36.7billion
Imports
$8.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Bangladesh’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 1,550% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Bangladesh 44.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$244 million2.6%
1996$255 million2.5%
1997$305 million2.8%
1998$314 million2.6%
1999$263 million2.7%
2000$481 million3.7%
2001$400 million2.8%
2002$390 million2.9%
2003$490 million3.1%
2004$583 million3.1%
2005$483 million2.4%
2006$604 million2.4%
2007$803 million2.9%
2008$693 million2.1%
2009$1.1 billion3.4%
2010$1.5 billion3.6%
2011$1.8 billion3.4%
2012$1.5 billion2.8%
2013$1.6 billion2.9%
2014$1.7 billion2.8%
2015$2.3 billion3.3%
2016$2.3 billion3.2%
2017$3.3 billion3.9%
2018$3 billion3%
2019$2.7 billion3.1%
2020$2.8 billion3.7%
2021$3.7 billion3.4%
2022$4.3 billion3.3%
2023$3.8 billion3.5%
2024$44.8 billion42.4%

Partners whose trade crosses it

Estimated value of its trade with each partner that crosses the chokepoint; the percentage is the share of all its trade through the chokepoint, not of the pair’s trade.

  1. Bangladesh–Germany$7.4 billion · 16.5%
  2. Bangladesh–United States$5.1 billion · 11.4%
  3. Bangladesh–France$3.7 billion · 8.3%
  4. Bangladesh–United Kingdom$3.7 billion · 8.2%
  5. Bangladesh–Poland$3.3 billion · 7.5%
  6. Bangladesh–Spain$3.3 billion · 7.4%
  7. Bangladesh–Brazil$2.7 billion · 6.1%
  8. Bangladesh–Italy$1.6 billion · 3.6%
  9. Bangladesh–Netherlands$1.5 billion · 3.4%
  10. Bangladesh–Canada$1.1 billion · 2.5%

What crosses it

The products with the highest estimated value in 2024, with their share of the total through the chokepoint.

  1. T-shirts$5.9 billion · 13.2%
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$5.2 billion · 11.6%
  3. Men's suits and trousers$5.1 billion · 11.4%
  4. Women's suits and dresses$4.1 billion · 9.2%
  5. Women's knitted suits and dresses$2.5 billion · 5.5%
  6. Men's shirts$1.6 billion · 3.6%
  7. Raw cotton$1.5 billion · 3.2%
  8. Men's knitted shirts$942 million · 2.1%
  9. Women's knitted underwear and pajamas$889 million · 2%
  10. Men's knitted underwear and pajamas$851 million · 1.9%

Reference ports

Chittagong (100%)

Each port with the weight it receives from the country’s trade, based on where its GDP is generated and which coast is closest.

Other chokepoints it uses

Sources and method

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Methodology

We estimate the value crossing each chokepoint from BACI trade that travels by sea according to our mode heuristic, split between each country’s ports by where its GDP is generated and which coast is closest, and routed over our own sea network. It is an estimate, not a count of ships. It covers 99.9% of seaborne trade. The approach follows Verschuur, Lumma and Hall (Nature Communications, 2025). Data up to 2024.

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