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

In 2024, an estimated $6.6 billion of Paraguay’s trade passed through the Cape of Good Hope, 51.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $964 million of exports and $5.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, India and Singapore.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
51.3%
Exports
$964million
Imports
$5.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Paraguay’s estimated trade through the Cape of Good Hope rose 58% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Paraguay 6.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.2 billion46.5%
1996$874 million39.7%
1997$833 million36.4%
1998$972 million44.1%
1999$514 million33.1%
2000$573 million35.9%
2001$609 million33%
2002$444 million29.8%
2003$479 million24%
2004$797 million29.1%
2005$1.1 billion35.3%
2006$1.2 billion32.5%
2007$1.6 billion40.2%
2008$2.5 billion36.2%
2009$1.7 billion32.3%
2010$2.6 billion33.6%
2011$3.4 billion33.3%
2012$3.5 billion36.4%
2013$4.2 billion35.7%
2014$4.3 billion35.9%
2015$3.8 billion36.9%
2016$3.7 billion39.5%
2017$4 billion38.6%
2018$4.6 billion42.2%
2019$4.2 billion44.7%
2020$3.8 billion45.9%
2021$5.3 billion48.2%
2022$5.9 billion47.2%
2023$5.5 billion46.3%
2024$6.6 billion51.3%

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. Paraguay–China$3.7 billion · 56.7%
  2. Paraguay–India$518 million · 7.9%
  3. Paraguay–Singapore$416 million · 6.3%
  4. Paraguay–Japan$300 million · 4.6%
  5. Paraguay–Taiwan$260 million · 4%
  6. Paraguay–South Korea$259 million · 3.9%
  7. Paraguay–United Arab Emirates$239 million · 3.6%
  8. Paraguay–Hong Kong$129 million · 2%
  9. Paraguay–Thailand$126 million · 1.9%
  10. Paraguay–Vietnam$123 million · 1.9%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$819 million · 12.5%
  2. Cars$394 million · 6%
  3. Frozen beef$309 million · 4.7%
  4. New tires$297 million · 4.5%
  5. Pesticides and herbicides$256 million · 3.9%
  6. Computer and office machine parts$191 million · 2.9%
  7. Soybean oil$176 million · 2.7%
  8. Air conditioners$161 million · 2.5%
  9. Motorcycles$155 million · 2.4%
  10. Other electrical devices$123 million · 1.9%

Reference ports

Asunción (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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