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

In 2024, an estimated $15.3 billion of Egypt’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 11.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.3 billion of exports and $11 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Russia and the Netherlands.

Summary

Estimated value
$15.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
11.7%
Exports
$4.3billion
Imports
$11billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Egypt’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 11% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Egypt 15.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$3.7 billion19%
1996$3.7 billion18.1%
1997$4 billion18.2%
1998$4 billion17.8%
1999$3.8 billion16.7%
2000$3.4 billion15.6%
2001$3.1 billion15%
2002$2.8 billion13.2%
2003$3.1 billion13.8%
2004$4.1 billion13.6%
2005$5.2 billion13.5%
2006$6.3 billion13%
2007$7.7 billion13%
2008$11.9 billion13.3%
2009$10.2 billion13.6%
2010$11.5 billion13%
2011$13 billion12.8%
2012$13.3 billion12.9%
2013$11.5 billion12.3%
2014$13.5 billion12.7%
2015$12.3 billion13.4%
2016$12.2 billion13.8%
2017$12.5 billion13.2%
2018$14.8 billion13.1%
2019$13.8 billion12.8%
2020$13.2 billion13.5%
2021$15.4 billion12.2%
2022$15.9 billion11.3%
2023$14.3 billion11.9%
2024$15.3 billion11.7%

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. Egypt–Germany$4.7 billion · 30.5%
  2. Egypt–Russia$2.7 billion · 17.4%
  3. Egypt–Netherlands$2.2 billion · 14.3%
  4. Egypt–Belgium$1.4 billion · 9.4%
  5. Egypt–Sweden$1.1 billion · 6.9%
  6. Egypt–Poland$819 million · 5.4%
  7. Egypt–Czechia$582 million · 3.8%
  8. Egypt–Finland$564 million · 3.7%
  9. Egypt–Denmark$287 million · 1.9%
  10. Egypt–Switzerland$267 million · 1.7%

What crosses it

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

  1. Wheat$1.3 billion · 8.2%
  2. Cars$801 million · 5.2%
  3. Ferrous scrap$665 million · 4.4%
  4. Sawn wood$605 million · 4%
  5. Refined petroleum$487 million · 3.2%
  6. Cables and wire$341 million · 2.2%
  7. Crude petroleum$303 million · 2%
  8. Citrus fruit$278 million · 1.8%
  9. Flight simulators and aircraft launch gear$257 million · 1.7%
  10. Semi-finished steel$246 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Alexandria (80%) and Ain Sokhna (20%)

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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