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How much of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passes through the Strait of Dover?

In 2024, an estimated $7.3 billion of Côte d'Ivoire’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 21.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.1 billion of exports and $2.2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$7.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
21.9%
Exports
$5.1billion
Imports
$2.2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Côte d'Ivoire’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 65% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Côte d'Ivoire 7.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.7 billion25.2%
1996$2 billion27.1%
1997$1.8 billion25.6%
1998$1.8 billion24.3%
1999$1.8 billion23.8%
2000$1.4 billion21%
2001$1.4 billion22%
2002$1.8 billion23.6%
2003$2.2 billion26%
2004$2.1 billion19.7%
2005$2.1 billion17.9%
2006$2.6 billion20.5%
2007$2.9 billion20.6%
2008$3.5 billion20.9%
2009$3.7 billion24.3%
2010$3.3 billion20%
2011$4.2 billion24.5%
2012$3.7 billion19.4%
2013$4.2 billion17.8%
2014$4 billion18%
2015$4.2 billion19.2%
2016$4.2 billion22.1%
2017$4.8 billion22.4%
2018$4.6 billion21%
2019$4.4 billion20.4%
2020$4.2 billion19.6%
2021$4.4 billion17%
2022$5.4 billion18%
2023$6.5 billion20.1%
2024$7.3 billion21.9%

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. Côte d'Ivoire–Netherlands$3.1 billion · 43.2%
  2. Côte d'Ivoire–Belgium$1.4 billion · 19.7%
  3. Côte d'Ivoire–Germany$1.4 billion · 18.6%
  4. Côte d'Ivoire–Poland$367 million · 5.1%
  5. Côte d'Ivoire–Russia$191 million · 2.6%
  6. Côte d'Ivoire–France$148 million · 2%
  7. Côte d'Ivoire–Sweden$127 million · 1.7%
  8. Côte d'Ivoire–Norway$117 million · 1.6%
  9. Côte d'Ivoire–Czechia$117 million · 1.6%
  10. Côte d'Ivoire–Estonia$104 million · 1.4%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cocoa beans$2.3 billion · 31%
  2. Refined petroleum$972 million · 13.4%
  3. Cocoa paste$738 million · 10.2%
  4. Cocoa butter$521 million · 7.2%
  5. Crude petroleum$507 million · 7%
  6. Natural rubber$447 million · 6.2%
  7. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$142 million · 2%
  8. Chocolate$99 million · 1.4%
  9. Bananas$64 million · 0.88%
  10. Cocoa powder$63 million · 0.86%

Reference ports

Abidjan (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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