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

In 2024, an estimated $20.2 billion of Israel’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 27.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.4 billion of exports and $16.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$20.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
27.6%
Exports
$3.4billion
Imports
$16.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Israel’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 47,878,545% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Israel 20.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$00%
1996$00%
1997$00%
1998$00%
1999$00%
2000$4 thousand0%
2001$11 thousand0%
2002$7 thousand0%
2003$13 thousand0%
2004$440 thousand0%
2005$1 million0%
2006$49 thousand0%
2007$89 thousand0%
2008$142 thousand0%
2009$115 thousand0%
2010$266 thousand0%
2011$86 thousand0%
2012$1 million0%
2013$185 thousand0%
2014$108 thousand0%
2015$61 thousand0%
2016$28 thousand0%
2017$65 thousand0%
2018$996 thousand0%
2019$42 thousand0%
2020$135 thousand0%
2021$2 million0%
2022$9 million0%
2023$19 million0%
2024$20.2 billion27.6%

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. Israel–China$9 billion · 44.4%
  2. Israel–United Arab Emirates$1.9 billion · 9.2%
  3. Israel–South Korea$1.7 billion · 8.6%
  4. Israel–Japan$1.3 billion · 6.5%
  5. Israel–India$1.3 billion · 6.3%
  6. Israel–Hong Kong$1.2 billion · 5.7%
  7. Israel–Singapore$984 million · 4.9%
  8. Israel–Thailand$750 million · 3.7%
  9. Israel–Australia$434 million · 2.1%
  10. Israel–Taiwan$400 million · 2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$3.1 billion · 15.2%
  2. Refined petroleum$658 million · 3.3%
  3. Steel wire rod$447 million · 2.2%
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$353 million · 1.7%
  5. Diamonds$305 million · 1.5%
  6. Potash fertilizers$277 million · 1.4%
  7. Fruit and vegetable juices$255 million · 1.3%
  8. Coated flat steel$209 million · 1%
  9. Steel bars$201 million · 0.99%
  10. New tires$200 million · 0.99%

Reference ports

Haifa (98%) and Eilat (2%)

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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