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

In 2024, an estimated $66.2 billion of Indonesia’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 14.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $38.6 billion of exports and $27.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, Brazil and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$66.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
14.6%
Exports
$38.6billion
Imports
$27.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Indonesia’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 633% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Indonesia 66.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.3 billion1.6%
1996$1.4 billion1.7%
1997$1.4 billion1.6%
1998$1.1 billion1.6%
1999$1.4 billion1.9%
2000$1.7 billion1.8%
2001$1.8 billion2%
2002$2.6 billion2.8%
2003$2.5 billion2.5%
2004$3.3 billion2.7%
2005$3.3 billion2.2%
2006$2.7 billion1.7%
2007$4.2 billion2.1%
2008$4.8 billion1.8%
2009$4.6 billion2.3%
2010$7 billion2.6%
2011$9.5 billion2.8%
2012$12.5 billion3.6%
2013$11.1 billion3.3%
2014$12 billion3.7%
2015$9.6 billion3.5%
2016$8.5 billion3.3%
2017$8.4 billion2.8%
2018$10.1 billion3%
2019$9 billion2.9%
2020$7.7 billion2.8%
2021$11.6 billion3%
2022$15.9 billion3.2%
2023$15.8 billion3.5%
2024$66.2 billion14.6%

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. Indonesia–United States$14.3 billion · 21.6%
  2. Indonesia–Brazil$6.8 billion · 10.3%
  3. Indonesia–Germany$4.4 billion · 6.7%
  4. Indonesia–Netherlands$3.6 billion · 5.5%
  5. Indonesia–Nigeria$3.1 billion · 4.6%
  6. Indonesia–Italy$2.9 billion · 4.4%
  7. Indonesia–Russia$2.5 billion · 3.7%
  8. Indonesia–Spain$2.4 billion · 3.7%
  9. Indonesia–United Kingdom$2.4 billion · 3.6%
  10. Indonesia–Turkey$2.2 billion · 3.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$6.2 billion · 9.3%
  2. Palm oil$4.5 billion · 6.8%
  3. Soybean meal and pellets$2.2 billion · 3.3%
  4. Cane and beet sugar$1.8 billion · 2.7%
  5. Wheat$1.7 billion · 2.6%
  6. Industrial fatty acids$1.4 billion · 2.2%
  7. Textile footwear$1.3 billion · 2%
  8. Natural rubber$1.1 billion · 1.7%
  9. Coconut and palm kernel oil$1 billion · 1.6%
  10. Natural gas and LPG$1 billion · 1.6%

Reference ports

Jakarta (84%) and Belawan (16%)

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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