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

In 2024, an estimated $18.8 billion of Lithuania’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 35.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $8.4 billion of exports and $10.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Saudi Arabia, Italy and Ukraine.

Summary

Estimated value
$18.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
35.8%
Exports
$8.4billion
Imports
$10.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Lithuania’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 32% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Lithuania 18.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.4 billion33.6%
1996$1.8 billion34.5%
1997$1.9 billion32.4%
1998$1.9 billion30.5%
1999$1.4 billion26.7%
2000$2 billion31.3%
2001$2.2 billion31.1%
2002$3.2 billion33.7%
2003$3.9 billion31%
2004$3.8 billion26.7%
2005$4.7 billion27.8%
2006$5.7 billion28.3%
2007$7.3 billion29.2%
2008$10.1 billion33.3%
2009$6.1 billion31.4%
2010$7 billion29.1%
2011$9.5 billion30.5%
2012$9.9 billion30.9%
2013$10.9 billion31.7%
2014$12.7 billion36%
2015$10.2 billion33.5%
2016$10.2 billion33.6%
2017$13.1 billion35.8%
2018$14.2 billion35.4%
2019$14.2 billion36%
2020$13.8 billion36.3%
2021$17.4 billion35.8%
2022$21.7 billion34.6%
2023$19.5 billion33.7%
2024$18.8 billion35.8%

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. Lithuania–Saudi Arabia$2.4 billion · 12.7%
  2. Lithuania–Italy$1.8 billion · 9.6%
  3. Lithuania–Ukraine$1.7 billion · 9%
  4. Lithuania–China$1.7 billion · 8.8%
  5. Lithuania–Turkey$1 billion · 5.6%
  6. Lithuania–Spain$976 million · 5.2%
  7. Lithuania–Algeria$754 million · 4%
  8. Lithuania–France$652 million · 3.5%
  9. Lithuania–Nigeria$594 million · 3.2%
  10. Lithuania–Austria$584 million · 3.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$2.9 billion · 15.7%
  2. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 6.1%
  3. Wheat$996 million · 5.3%
  4. Furniture$530 million · 2.8%
  5. Ferrous scrap$512 million · 2.7%
  6. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$278 million · 1.5%
  7. Cars$242 million · 1.3%
  8. Cheese$224 million · 1.2%
  9. Cigarettes and cigars$206 million · 1.1%
  10. Tractors$205 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Klaipeda (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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