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How much of Croatia’s trade passes through the Øresund?

In 2024, an estimated $2.6 billion of Croatia’s trade passed through the Øresund, 6.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $727 million of exports and $1.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Poland, Lithuania and Sweden.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
6.2%
Exports
$727million
Imports
$1.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Croatia’s estimated trade through the Øresund rose 70% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Croatia 2.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$248 million3.1%
1996$270 million3.2%
1997$327 million3.6%
1998$325 million3.6%
1999$403 million4.5%
2000$406 million4.4%
2001$442 million4.3%
2002$513 million4.5%
2003$593 million4.3%
2004$915 million5.3%
2005$1.1 billion5.7%
2006$1.5 billion6.4%
2007$1.7 billion6.5%
2008$2 billion6.6%
2009$1.3 billion6.1%
2010$1.2 billion5.3%
2011$1.3 billion5.4%
2012$1.2 billion5.4%
2013$1.1 billion5.2%
2014$1.2 billion5.5%
2015$1.1 billion5.3%
2016$1.2 billion5.4%
2017$1.3 billion5.3%
2018$1.6 billion5.8%
2019$1.5 billion5.6%
2020$1.7 billion6.6%
2021$2.2 billion6.5%
2022$2.3 billion5.3%
2023$2.3 billion5.6%
2024$2.6 billion6.2%

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. Croatia–Poland$2.1 billion · 78.5%
  2. Croatia–Lithuania$194 million · 7.4%
  3. Croatia–Sweden$169 million · 6.4%
  4. Croatia–Finland$85 million · 3.2%
  5. Croatia–Russia$66 million · 2.5%
  6. Croatia–Latvia$49 million · 1.9%
  7. Croatia–Belarus$2 million · 0.09%

What crosses it

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

  1. Auto parts$80 million · 3.1%
  2. Cigarettes and cigars$78 million · 3%
  3. Bread, biscuits and pastries$69 million · 2.6%
  4. Transformers and power supplies$68 million · 2.6%
  5. Industrial fatty acids and oils$66 million · 2.5%
  6. Refined petroleum$60 million · 2.3%
  7. Furniture$58 million · 2.2%
  8. Trucks$50 million · 1.9%
  9. Fresh beef$47 million · 1.8%
  10. Other processed tobacco$42 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Rijeka (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.

The Great Belt is not included in the estimate: only the trade that crosses the Øresund is counted.

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