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

In 2024, an estimated $15 billion of Israel’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 20.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.7 billion of exports and $11.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Summary

Estimated value
$15billion
Of its seaborne trade
20.5%
Exports
$3.7billion
Imports
$11.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Israel’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 25% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Israel 15

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$10.6 billion29.5%
1996$11 billion29.1%
1997$11.4 billion30%
1998$10 billion26.3%
1999$11.1 billion27.1%
2000$11.1 billion27.1%
2001$9.8 billion25%
2002$11.1 billion26.9%
2003$11 billion25.8%
2004$14 billion26.9%
2005$15.2 billion26.3%
2006$15.3 billion25.1%
2007$11.4 billion22.5%
2008$14 billion21.8%
2009$12.4 billion21.4%
2010$12.3 billion17.6%
2011$14.3 billion17.3%
2012$14 billion17.4%
2013$15.1 billion18.2%
2014$15 billion17.6%
2015$12.9 billion17.9%
2016$14 billion21.5%
2017$15.2 billion22.4%
2018$12.5 billion17%
2019$12.1 billion17.5%
2020$15.9 billion25.2%
2021$18.2 billion23.2%
2022$17.8 billion19.2%
2023$14.2 billion17.2%
2024$15 billion20.5%

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. Israel–Germany$4.4 billion · 29.6%
  2. Israel–Netherlands$2.9 billion · 19.3%
  3. Israel–Switzerland$2.3 billion · 15%
  4. Israel–Belgium$1.5 billion · 9.6%
  5. Israel–Poland$883 million · 5.9%
  6. Israel–Czechia$815 million · 5.4%
  7. Israel–Denmark$480 million · 3.2%
  8. Israel–Sweden$446 million · 3%
  9. Israel–Norway$314 million · 2.1%
  10. Israel–Russia$253 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. Cars$1.2 billion · 8.2%
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$500 million · 3.3%
  3. Crude petroleum$329 million · 2.2%
  4. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$302 million · 2%
  5. Fish fillets$293 million · 2%
  6. Trucks$270 million · 1.8%
  7. Polyethylene$227 million · 1.5%
  8. Furniture$218 million · 1.5%
  9. Other food preparations$204 million · 1.4%
  10. Refined petroleum$186 million · 1.2%

Reference ports

Haifa (98%) and Eilat (2%)

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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