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

In 2024, an estimated $30.6 billion of Czechia’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 17.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.2 billion of exports and $25.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$30.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
17.9%
Exports
$5.2billion
Imports
$25.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Czechia’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 3,833% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Czechia 30.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$37 million0.2%
1996$39 million0.2%
1997$29 million0.2%
1998$42 million0.2%
1999$31 million0.2%
2000$30 million0.1%
2001$45 million0.2%
2002$59 million0.2%
2003$78 million0.2%
2004$118 million0.3%
2005$167 million0.3%
2006$239 million0.3%
2007$211 million0.2%
2008$251 million0.2%
2009$209 million0.3%
2010$262 million0.3%
2011$366 million0.3%
2012$386 million0.4%
2013$417 million0.4%
2014$361 million0.3%
2015$383 million0.4%
2016$487 million0.4%
2017$521 million0.4%
2018$664 million0.5%
2019$779 million0.6%
2020$495 million0.4%
2021$998 million0.7%
2022$605 million0.4%
2023$700 million0.4%
2024$30.6 billion17.9%

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. Czechia–China$16.8 billion · 54.9%
  2. Czechia–South Korea$2.6 billion · 8.4%
  3. Czechia–Japan$2.1 billion · 7%
  4. Czechia–India$1.4 billion · 4.5%
  5. Czechia–Bangladesh$878 million · 2.9%
  6. Czechia–Vietnam$845 million · 2.8%
  7. Czechia–Russia$804 million · 2.6%
  8. Czechia–Thailand$631 million · 2.1%
  9. Czechia–Taiwan$620 million · 2%
  10. Czechia–United Arab Emirates$567 million · 1.9%

What crosses it

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

  1. Computer and office machine parts$2.9 billion · 9.4%
  2. Auto parts$2.1 billion · 7%
  3. Batteries$2 billion · 6.6%
  4. Cars$1.6 billion · 5.3%
  5. Toys$539 million · 1.8%
  6. Other plastic articles$513 million · 1.7%
  7. Electric motors and generators$443 million · 1.5%
  8. Crude petroleum$363 million · 1.2%
  9. Cables and wire$338 million · 1.1%
  10. T-shirts$329 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Hamburg (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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