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

In 2024, an estimated $2.9 billion of Lithuania’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 5.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $786 million of exports and $2.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.5%
Exports
$786million
Imports
$2.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Lithuania’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 1,943% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Lithuania 2.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$169 thousand0%
1996$390 thousand0%
1997$229 thousand0%
1998$2 million0%
1999$9 million0.2%
2000$2 million0%
2001$3 million0%
2002$3 million0%
2003$7 million0.1%
2004$4 million0%
2005$20 million0.1%
2006$9 million0.1%
2007$15 million0.1%
2008$29 million0.1%
2009$14 million0.1%
2010$23 million0.1%
2011$22 million0.1%
2012$55 million0.2%
2013$30 million0.1%
2014$28 million0.1%
2015$138 million0.5%
2016$117 million0.4%
2017$108 million0.3%
2018$120 million0.3%
2019$141 million0.4%
2020$133 million0.4%
2021$172 million0.4%
2022$124 million0.2%
2023$189 million0.3%
2024$2.9 billion5.5%

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. Lithuania–China$1.4 billion · 48.7%
  2. Lithuania–India$278 million · 9.6%
  3. Lithuania–South Korea$199 million · 6.9%
  4. Lithuania–South Africa$156 million · 5.4%
  5. Lithuania–United Arab Emirates$149 million · 5.1%
  6. Lithuania–Indonesia$127 million · 4.4%
  7. Lithuania–Australia$123 million · 4.3%
  8. Lithuania–Japan$109 million · 3.8%
  9. Lithuania–Vietnam$84 million · 2.9%
  10. Lithuania–Taiwan$66 million · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Wheat$148 million · 5.1%
  2. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$104 million · 3.6%
  3. Polycarboxylic acids$88 million · 3.1%
  4. Steel structures$71 million · 2.5%
  5. Furniture$68 million · 2.4%
  6. New tires$58 million · 2%
  7. Other engines and motors$56 million · 1.9%
  8. Auto parts$55 million · 1.9%
  9. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$52 million · 1.8%
  10. Nitrogen fertilizers$50 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Klaipeda (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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