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

In 2024, an estimated $3 billion of Estonia’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 10.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $827 million of exports and $2.2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Japan and Singapore.

Summary

Estimated value
$3billion
Of its seaborne trade
10.6%
Exports
$827million
Imports
$2.2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Estonia’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 9,183% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Estonia 3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5 million0.1%
1996$915 thousand0%
1997$3 million0.1%
1998$1 million0%
1999$3 million0.1%
2000$3 million0.1%
2001$4 million0.1%
2002$4 million0.1%
2003$5 million0.1%
2004$13 million0.1%
2005$13 million0.1%
2006$18 million0.1%
2007$19 million0.1%
2008$43 million0.2%
2009$15 million0.1%
2010$26 million0.2%
2011$38 million0.2%
2012$39 million0.2%
2013$39 million0.2%
2014$48 million0.2%
2015$32 million0.2%
2016$25 million0.1%
2017$27 million0.1%
2018$39 million0.2%
2019$33 million0.1%
2020$37 million0.2%
2021$30 million0.1%
2022$37 million0.1%
2023$54 million0.2%
2024$3 billion10.6%

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. Estonia–China$1.3 billion · 41.8%
  2. Estonia–Japan$346 million · 11.4%
  3. Estonia–Singapore$319 million · 10.5%
  4. Estonia–Indonesia$290 million · 9.5%
  5. Estonia–India$171 million · 5.6%
  6. Estonia–South Korea$127 million · 4.2%
  7. Estonia–Malaysia$93 million · 3.1%
  8. Estonia–Russia$83 million · 2.7%
  9. Estonia–Vietnam$78 million · 2.6%
  10. Estonia–Taiwan$50 million · 1.6%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$293 million · 9.6%
  2. Palm oil$219 million · 7.2%
  3. Coal tar oils$181 million · 6%
  4. Cocoa butter$109 million · 3.6%
  5. Refined petroleum$105 million · 3.5%
  6. Phones and telecom equipment$77 million · 2.5%
  7. Peat$51 million · 1.7%
  8. Batteries$47 million · 1.6%
  9. Toys$46 million · 1.5%
  10. Steel structures$43 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Tallinn (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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