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

In 2024, an estimated $9.8 billion of Oman’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 11.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.4 billion of exports and $4.4 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Brazil, the United States and Turkey.

Summary

Estimated value
$9.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
11.3%
Exports
$5.4billion
Imports
$4.4billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Oman’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 639% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Oman 9.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$51 million0.6%
1996$93 million0.9%
1997$67 million0.6%
1998$62 million0.7%
1999$59 million0.6%
2000$67 million0.5%
2001$93 million0.7%
2002$104 million0.7%
2003$96 million0.6%
2004$104 million0.6%
2005$154 million0.7%
2006$182 million0.6%
2007$204 million0.6%
2008$220 million0.5%
2009$236 million0.7%
2010$329 million0.7%
2011$792 million1.3%
2012$1.1 billion1.7%
2013$1.4 billion1.8%
2014$1.4 billion2.1%
2015$1.1 billion2%
2016$847 million1.8%
2017$1.1 billion2.4%
2018$1 billion1.8%
2019$1.3 billion2.4%
2020$1.3 billion2.4%
2021$2.7 billion3.3%
2022$3 billion2.8%
2023$2.7 billion2.8%
2024$9.8 billion11.3%

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. Oman–Brazil$2.1 billion · 21.3%
  2. Oman–United States$1.5 billion · 15.6%
  3. Oman–Turkey$1.1 billion · 10.9%
  4. Oman–Germany$548 million · 5.6%
  5. Oman–Egypt$542 million · 5.5%
  6. Oman–Italy$515 million · 5.3%
  7. Oman–France$496 million · 5.1%
  8. Oman–Netherlands$462 million · 4.7%
  9. Oman–Morocco$397 million · 4.1%
  10. Oman–United Kingdom$323 million · 3.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.9 billion · 19.5%
  2. Iron ore$1.2 billion · 12.2%
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$1.1 billion · 10.8%
  4. Cars$484 million · 4.9%
  5. Unwrought aluminum$332 million · 3.4%
  6. Plastic sheets and film$290 million · 3%
  7. Semi-finished steel$286 million · 2.9%
  8. Poultry meat$204 million · 2.1%
  9. Aluminum sheet$189 million · 1.9%
  10. Powdered and condensed milk$170 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Raysut (Salalah) (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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