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How much of Argentina’s trade passes through the Strait of Dover?

In 2024, an estimated $6.6 billion of Argentina’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 7.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.9 billion of exports and $2.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the Netherlands and Poland.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
7.9%
Exports
$3.9billion
Imports
$2.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Argentina’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover fell 14% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Argentina 6.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$4.4 billion16.4%
1996$4.5 billion15.1%
1997$4.6 billion13.4%
1998$5.1 billion14.4%
1999$4.6 billion15.2%
2000$4 billion13%
2001$3.5 billion11.8%
2002$3.5 billion13.7%
2003$4.2 billion13.4%
2004$4.9 billion12.8%
2005$6.1 billion13.4%
2006$6.6 billion12.8%
2007$8.2 billion12.6%
2008$11.1 billion13.9%
2009$8.1 billion14.2%
2010$9.8 billion13%
2011$12 billion12.9%
2012$12.1 billion13.2%
2013$11.4 billion12.6%
2014$9.8 billion11.8%
2015$8.2 billion11.1%
2016$7.8 billion10.6%
2017$8.3 billion10.6%
2018$9 billion11.1%
2019$7.7 billion10.1%
2020$6.5 billion9.6%
2021$9 billion9.8%
2022$10.4 billion8.8%
2023$7 billion7.8%
2024$6.6 billion7.9%

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. Argentina–Germany$2.2 billion · 32.8%
  2. Argentina–Netherlands$1.8 billion · 26.6%
  3. Argentina–Poland$919 million · 13.9%
  4. Argentina–Belgium$587 million · 8.9%
  5. Argentina–Denmark$239 million · 3.6%
  6. Argentina–Czechia$183 million · 2.8%
  7. Argentina–Switzerland$166 million · 2.5%
  8. Argentina–Sweden$160 million · 2.4%
  9. Argentina–Russia$157 million · 2.4%
  10. Argentina–Finland$136 million · 2.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Soybean meal and pellets$880 million · 13.3%
  2. Peanuts$503 million · 7.6%
  3. Fresh beef$456 million · 6.9%
  4. Industrial fatty acids and oils$293 million · 4.5%
  5. Auto parts$293 million · 4.4%
  6. Refined petroleum$254 million · 3.8%
  7. Hormones$153 million · 2.3%
  8. Meal from other oilseeds$142 million · 2.2%
  9. Raw tobacco$122 million · 1.9%
  10. Crude petroleum$110 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Buenos Aires (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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