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

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. Uzbekistan–China$9.4 billion · 60.9%
2. Uzbekistan–Russia$2.4 billion · 15.3%
3. Uzbekistan–South Korea$1.5 billion · 9.4%
4. Uzbekistan–India$665 million · 4.3%
5. Uzbekistan–Iran$325 million · 2.1%
6. Uzbekistan–Pakistan$300 million · 1.9%
7. Uzbekistan–Japan$234 million · 1.5%
8. Uzbekistan–United Arab Emirates$188 million · 1.2%
9. Uzbekistan–Singapore$103 million · 0.67%
10. Uzbekistan–Malaysia$71 million · 0.46%

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

1. Cars$1 billion · 6.7%
2. Auto parts$837 million · 5.4%
3. Natural gas and LPG$830 million · 5.4%
4. Cotton yarn$450 million · 2.9%
5. Refined copper$446 million · 2.9%
6. Refined petroleum$396 million · 2.6%
7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$313 million · 2%
8. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$290 million · 1.9%
9. Sorting and crushing machines$212 million · 1.4%
10. Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas)$210 million · 1.4%

Batumi (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.

• See Cape of Good Hope
• Uzbekistan trade

Other chokepoints it uses

• Turkish Straits (Bosporus and Dardanelles) · 81%
• Strait of Gibraltar · 69%
• Strait of Malacca and Singapore · 46%
• Strait of Dover · 21%
• Øresund · 14%
• Suez Canal · 9%
• Bab-el-Mandeb Strait · 8%

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
• World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
• Natural Earth · Public domain
• Kummu et al., gridded GDP · CC BY 4.0 (split between ports done by this site)

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.