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

In 2024, an estimated $14.3 billion of Croatia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 33.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.5 billion of exports and $9.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.

Summary

Estimated value
$14.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
33.7%
Exports
$4.5billion
Imports
$9.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Croatia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 50% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Croatia 14.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.6 billion31.7%
1996$2.5 billion30.1%
1997$2.9 billion32.4%
1998$2.8 billion30.5%
1999$2.8 billion32%
2000$2.8 billion30.3%
2001$3.2 billion30.9%
2002$3.4 billion30.3%
2003$4.1 billion29.9%
2004$5 billion29%
2005$5.7 billion29.3%
2006$7 billion30.1%
2007$8 billion29.8%
2008$9.2 billion29.6%
2009$6.5 billion29.3%
2010$6.4 billion28%
2011$7.3 billion29.9%
2012$6.5 billion29.5%
2013$7 billion33.3%
2014$7.5 billion33.9%
2015$7 billion33.1%
2016$7.4 billion33.8%
2017$8.5 billion33.7%
2018$9.7 billion34.7%
2019$9.5 billion34.1%
2020$9.4 billion36.7%
2021$11.6 billion33.9%
2022$12.7 billion29%
2023$13.7 billion33%
2024$14.3 billion33.7%

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–Germany$7 billion · 48.8%
  2. Croatia–Poland$2.1 billion · 14.5%
  3. Croatia–Netherlands$1.5 billion · 10.7%
  4. Croatia–Czechia$1.2 billion · 8.4%
  5. Croatia–Belgium$721 million · 5.1%
  6. Croatia–Sweden$409 million · 2.9%
  7. Croatia–Switzerland$341 million · 2.4%
  8. Croatia–Denmark$323 million · 2.3%
  9. Croatia–Norway$247 million · 1.7%
  10. Croatia–Lithuania$194 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. Cars$1.1 billion · 7.6%
  2. Transformers and power supplies$429 million · 3%
  3. Cables and wire$308 million · 2.2%
  4. Auto parts$288 million · 2%
  5. Chocolate$283 million · 2%
  6. Bread, biscuits and pastries$227 million · 1.6%
  7. Pork$203 million · 1.4%
  8. Furniture$195 million · 1.4%
  9. Trucks$185 million · 1.3%
  10. Cheese$152 million · 1.1%

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.

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