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

In 2024, an estimated $5.5 billion of Colombia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 6.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.5 billion of exports and $1.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Summary

Estimated value
$5.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
6.5%
Exports
$3.5billion
Imports
$1.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Colombia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 32% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Colombia 5.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2 billion11.5%
1996$1.9 billion10.8%
1997$2.2 billion11.2%
1998$2.1 billion11.4%
1999$1.5 billion9.4%
2000$1.4 billion7.8%
2001$1.7 billion9.2%
2002$1.5 billion8.4%
2003$1.7 billion8.5%
2004$2.2 billion8.7%
2005$2.7 billion8.5%
2006$2.9 billion7.9%
2007$4.3 billion9.4%
2008$4.7 billion8.3%
2009$4.7 billion10%
2010$4.8 billion7.9%
2011$7.5 billion8.6%
2012$6.5 billion7.1%
2013$6.2 billion6.8%
2014$5.6 billion6.2%
2015$4.6 billion6.9%
2016$4.1 billion6.9%
2017$4.4 billion6.7%
2018$4 billion5.4%
2019$4.1 billion5.9%
2020$3.2 billion5.7%
2021$4.8 billion6.3%
2022$8.2 billion7.9%
2023$6.2 billion7.3%
2024$5.5 billion6.5%

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. Colombia–Netherlands$2.2 billion · 40%
  2. Colombia–Germany$1.7 billion · 30.9%
  3. Colombia–Belgium$965 million · 17.7%
  4. Colombia–Switzerland$379 million · 6.9%
  5. Colombia–Czechia$134 million · 2.4%
  6. Colombia–France$62 million · 1.1%
  7. Colombia–United Kingdom$43 million · 0.78%
  8. Colombia–Luxembourg$9 million · 0.16%

What crosses it

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

  1. Coal$885 million · 16.2%
  2. Coffee$730 million · 13.4%
  3. Bananas$648 million · 11.9%
  4. Refined petroleum$386 million · 7.1%
  5. Crude petroleum$266 million · 4.9%
  6. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$187 million · 3.4%
  7. Cars$150 million · 2.7%
  8. Ferroalloys$92 million · 1.7%
  9. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$90 million · 1.7%
  10. Frozen vegetables$87 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Cartagena (87%) and Buenaventura (13%)

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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