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

In 2024, an estimated $14.3 billion of Estonia’s trade passed through the Øresund, 49.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.5 billion of exports and $7.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, the Netherlands and Norway.

Summary

Estimated value
$14.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
49.9%
Exports
$6.5billion
Imports
$7.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Estonia’s estimated trade through the Øresund rose 9% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Estonia 14.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.7 billion46.9%
1996$2.1 billion48%
1997$3 billion51.1%
1998$3.2 billion52.5%
1999$3 billion53%
2000$3.5 billion55.7%
2001$3.4 billion52.9%
2002$3.9 billion53.8%
2003$4.8 billion53.6%
2004$6 billion54%
2005$7.5 billion54.7%
2006$10.3 billion55.9%
2007$10.7 billion52.4%
2008$10.7 billion50.6%
2009$8.3 billion54.9%
2010$9.2 billion52.4%
2011$12.4 billion52.7%
2012$11.5 billion52.2%
2013$11.1 billion50%
2014$13.6 billion54.4%
2015$10.1 billion52.6%
2016$9.8 billion51.3%
2017$11.5 billion51.3%
2018$13.2 billion51.8%
2019$13.1 billion53.7%
2020$12.1 billion51.5%
2021$16.4 billion51%
2022$17.4 billion49.3%
2023$14.2 billion49%
2024$14.3 billion49.9%

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. Estonia–China$1.5 billion · 10.5%
  2. Estonia–Netherlands$1.3 billion · 9.2%
  3. Estonia–Norway$895 million · 6.3%
  4. Estonia–United States$833 million · 5.8%
  5. Estonia–Denmark$775 million · 5.4%
  6. Estonia–France$767 million · 5.4%
  7. Estonia–Italy$700 million · 4.9%
  8. Estonia–United Kingdom$579 million · 4%
  9. Estonia–Belgium$559 million · 3.9%
  10. Estonia–Turkey$519 million · 3.6%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$937 million · 6.6%
  2. Refined petroleum$668 million · 4.7%
  3. Palm oil$382 million · 2.7%
  4. Coal tar oils$361 million · 2.5%
  5. Natural gas and LPG$340 million · 2.4%
  6. Firewood and wood chips$238 million · 1.7%
  7. Trucks$229 million · 1.6%
  8. Prefabricated buildings$228 million · 1.6%
  9. Sawn wood$220 million · 1.5%
  10. Wood joinery$211 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Tallinn (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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