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

In 2024, an estimated $119.6 billion of Czechia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 70% of its seaborne trade. That is $52.9 billion of exports and $66.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Italy and Hungary.

Summary

Estimated value
$119.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
70%
Exports
$52.9billion
Imports
$66.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Czechia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 27% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Czechia 120

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$10 billion63.2%
1996$11.4 billion65.4%
1997$10.6 billion64.1%
1998$12.2 billion62.4%
1999$11.7 billion61.6%
2000$13.7 billion61.5%
2001$15.8 billion61.4%
2002$20.2 billion61.1%
2003$22.2 billion62.7%
2004$28.9 billion63.4%
2005$34.3 billion63.3%
2006$43.3 billion62.5%
2007$56.2 billion63.9%
2008$67.3 billion64.9%
2009$50.6 billion65.6%
2010$62.2 billion66.5%
2011$73.2 billion65.5%
2012$69.5 billion65.9%
2013$71.2 billion66.5%
2014$77.3 billion67.5%
2015$71.9 billion68.4%
2016$75.8 billion68.9%
2017$85.3 billion69%
2018$90.8 billion68.8%
2019$93.9 billion69.7%
2020$82.5 billion69.2%
2021$108.2 billion70.9%
2022$121.8 billion70%
2023$117.9 billion68.7%
2024$119.6 billion70%

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. Czechia–China$19.8 billion · 16.5%
  2. Czechia–Italy$15.1 billion · 12.6%
  3. Czechia–Hungary$10.3 billion · 8.6%
  4. Czechia–Spain$8.5 billion · 7.1%
  5. Czechia–United States$5.8 billion · 4.8%
  6. Czechia–Romania$5.7 billion · 4.7%
  7. Czechia–Turkey$5.5 billion · 4.6%
  8. Czechia–France$5.4 billion · 4.5%
  9. Czechia–South Korea$3 billion · 2.5%
  10. Czechia–Japan$2.5 billion · 2.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$14.5 billion · 12.1%
  2. Auto parts$8.7 billion · 7.3%
  3. Computer and office machine parts$3.5 billion · 2.9%
  4. Batteries$3.3 billion · 2.7%
  5. Cables and wire$3.1 billion · 2.6%
  6. Crude petroleum$3 billion · 2.5%
  7. New tires$2 billion · 1.6%
  8. Toys$1.8 billion · 1.5%
  9. Seats and chairs$1.7 billion · 1.4%
  10. Other plastic articles$1.6 billion · 1.4%

If it closes

  • China–Czechia: +533 nautical miles, ≈ 1.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore; the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait; the Suez Canal; and the Strait of Gibraltar

Estimated sailing detour, without costs, waiting or port capacity.

Reference ports

Hamburg (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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