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

In 2024, an estimated $8.2 billion of Estonia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 28.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.9 billion of exports and $5.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Italy and Turkey.

Summary

Estimated value
$8.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
28.7%
Exports
$2.9billion
Imports
$5.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Estonia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 9% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Estonia 8.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$668 million18.1%
1996$930 million20.8%
1997$1.4 billion23.9%
1998$1.5 billion24.7%
1999$1.3 billion23.7%
2000$1.4 billion22.9%
2001$1.7 billion26.6%
2002$2.1 billion28.2%
2003$2.6 billion29.4%
2004$3.1 billion28.2%
2005$3.8 billion28%
2006$5.9 billion31.8%
2007$6.1 billion30%
2008$5.8 billion27.5%
2009$4.5 billion29.9%
2010$5.3 billion30.1%
2011$7.6 billion32%
2012$6.9 billion31.5%
2013$6.3 billion28.5%
2014$8.5 billion34%
2015$5.6 billion29.4%
2016$5.7 billion29.7%
2017$6.7 billion30.1%
2018$7.5 billion29.6%
2019$7.5 billion30.9%
2020$7 billion29.9%
2021$9.2 billion28.6%
2022$10.4 billion29.6%
2023$8.2 billion28.2%
2024$8.2 billion28.7%

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. Estonia–China$1.5 billion · 18.2%
  2. Estonia–Italy$700 million · 8.5%
  3. Estonia–Turkey$519 million · 6.3%
  4. Estonia–Spain$512 million · 6.2%
  5. Estonia–Japan$408 million · 5%
  6. Estonia–Singapore$375 million · 4.6%
  7. Estonia–Indonesia$342 million · 4.2%
  8. Estonia–France$309 million · 3.8%
  9. Estonia–Kazakhstan$244 million · 3%
  10. Estonia–Ukraine$231 million · 2.8%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$690 million · 8.4%
  2. Palm oil$354 million · 4.3%
  3. Coal tar oils$251 million · 3.1%
  4. Refined petroleum$176 million · 2.1%
  5. Cocoa butter$165 million · 2%
  6. Trucks$156 million · 1.9%
  7. Ferrous scrap$123 million · 1.5%
  8. Cocoa paste$118 million · 1.4%
  9. Wheat$117 million · 1.4%
  10. Chromium oxides$116 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Tallinn (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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