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

In 2024, an estimated $3.1 billion of Georgia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 22.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $433 million of exports and $2.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Russia and Poland.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.1billion
Of its seaborne trade
22.2%
Exports
$433million
Imports
$2.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Georgia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 111% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Georgia 3.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$87 million24.5%
1996$153 million16.8%
1997$184 million21.1%
1998$221 million26.2%
1999$142 million18.1%
2000$150 million15.5%
2001$157 million15.9%
2002$170 million16.9%
2003$261 million15.7%
2004$342 million14.6%
2005$455 million16.7%
2006$674 million18.2%
2007$778 million17.2%
2008$804 million15.2%
2009$566 million16.1%
2010$680 million13.7%
2011$842 million13.2%
2012$1 billion15.6%
2013$887 million14.1%
2014$1.1 billion14.9%
2015$1.1 billion17.7%
2016$1.2 billion19.4%
2017$1.3 billion18.5%
2018$1.4 billion17.6%
2019$1.5 billion17.2%
2020$1.2 billion16.8%
2021$1.5 billion16.4%
2022$2.3 billion18.1%
2023$2.7 billion20.7%
2024$3.1 billion22.2%

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. Georgia–Germany$1.1 billion · 36.4%
  2. Georgia–Russia$558 million · 18.1%
  3. Georgia–Poland$370 million · 12%
  4. Georgia–Netherlands$231 million · 7.5%
  5. Georgia–Belarus$168 million · 5.4%
  6. Georgia–Belgium$164 million · 5.3%
  7. Georgia–Czechia$134 million · 4.4%
  8. Georgia–Lithuania$117 million · 3.8%
  9. Georgia–Switzerland$43 million · 1.4%
  10. Georgia–Latvia$43 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$737 million · 23.9%
  2. Refined petroleum$320 million · 10.4%
  3. Trucks$97 million · 3.2%
  4. Buses$69 million · 2.2%
  5. Cigarettes and cigars$61 million · 2%
  6. Tractors$49 million · 1.6%
  7. Water$48 million · 1.5%
  8. Steel bars$47 million · 1.5%
  9. Wine$42 million · 1.4%
  10. Soft drinks$40 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Batumi (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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