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

In 2024, an estimated $2.9 billion of Ecuador’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 5% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.2 billion of exports and $704 million of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
5%
Exports
$2.2billion
Imports
$704million

Trend

Estimated value per year

Ecuador’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 47% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Ecuador 2.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$719 million8.7%
1996$711 million8.4%
1997$787 million8.5%
1998$730 million7.9%
1999$666 million8.8%
2000$559 million6.9%
2001$776 million8%
2002$879 million8%
2003$887 million7.8%
2004$1.1 billion7%
2005$1.2 billion6.8%
2006$1.3 billion6%
2007$1.6 billion6.5%
2008$1.8 billion5.5%
2009$1.6 billion6.3%
2010$1.7 billion5.4%
2011$2.1 billion5.1%
2012$2.2 billion5.3%
2013$2 billion4.5%
2014$2.3 billion5.1%
2015$1.9 billion5.6%
2016$1.7 billion5.9%
2017$2 billion5.9%
2018$2.1 billion5.4%
2019$2 billion4.9%
2020$1.7 billion5%
2021$2 billion4.3%
2022$2.4 billion3.9%
2023$2 billion4%
2024$2.9 billion5%

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. Ecuador–Netherlands$1.2 billion · 40.6%
  2. Ecuador–Germany$943 million · 32.7%
  3. Ecuador–Belgium$486 million · 16.9%
  4. Ecuador–Switzerland$118 million · 4.1%
  5. Ecuador–Czechia$88 million · 3.1%
  6. Ecuador–France$56 million · 1.9%
  7. Ecuador–United Kingdom$21 million · 0.73%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cocoa beans$705 million · 24.5%
  2. Bananas$606 million · 21.1%
  3. Prepared fish and caviar$281 million · 9.8%
  4. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$157 million · 5.5%
  5. Cut flowers$125 million · 4.4%
  6. Coal tar oils$66 million · 2.3%
  7. Instant coffee and tea extracts$56 million · 2%
  8. Precious metal ore$53 million · 1.8%
  9. Cars$44 million · 1.5%
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$40 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Guayaquil (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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