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

In 2024, an estimated $7.1 billion of Latvia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 28.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.4 billion of exports and $3.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Italy and Nigeria.

Summary

Estimated value
$7.1billion
Of its seaborne trade
28.1%
Exports
$3.4billion
Imports
$3.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Latvia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 19% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Latvia 7.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$660 million19.7%
1996$934 million23.3%
1997$1.1 billion23.5%
1998$1 billion22.1%
1999$837 million19.9%
2000$1.1 billion23.8%
2001$1.2 billion26%
2002$1.2 billion22.7%
2003$1.5 billion22.3%
2004$2 billion23.2%
2005$2.5 billion22.8%
2006$3.3 billion24.3%
2007$4.7 billion27.9%
2008$5.1 billion31%
2009$3.5 billion31.9%
2010$3.9 billion30.7%
2011$4.8 billion28.9%
2012$5.5 billion32.3%
2013$4.8 billion29.6%
2014$5.3 billion30.6%
2015$4.6 billion29.7%
2016$4.4 billion28.2%
2017$5.4 billion30.4%
2018$6.5 billion31.5%
2019$5.9 billion30.4%
2020$5.8 billion29.9%
2021$6.9 billion28.7%
2022$9.2 billion31.6%
2023$8.2 billion30.3%
2024$7.1 billion28.1%

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. Latvia–China$811 million · 11.5%
  2. Latvia–Italy$787 million · 11.1%
  3. Latvia–Nigeria$447 million · 6.3%
  4. Latvia–Spain$437 million · 6.2%
  5. Latvia–Ukraine$389 million · 5.5%
  6. Latvia–Turkey$339 million · 4.8%
  7. Latvia–Slovakia$301 million · 4.3%
  8. Latvia–Hungary$247 million · 3.5%
  9. Latvia–France$234 million · 3.3%
  10. Latvia–Kazakhstan$226 million · 3.2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Wheat$700 million · 9.9%
  2. Refined petroleum$252 million · 3.6%
  3. Sawn wood$248 million · 3.5%
  4. Peat$201 million · 2.9%
  5. Spirits$188 million · 2.7%
  6. New tires$152 million · 2.1%
  7. Plywood$131 million · 1.9%
  8. Wine$121 million · 1.7%
  9. Ferrous scrap$118 million · 1.7%
  10. Monitors and projectors$112 million · 1.6%

Reference ports

Riga (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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