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

In 2024, an estimated $18.8 billion of Morocco’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 14.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $8.2 billion of exports and $10.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Belgium and Poland.

Summary

Estimated value
$18.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
14.3%
Exports
$8.2billion
Imports
$10.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Morocco’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 85% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Morocco 18.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.6 billion19.3%
1996$2.3 billion17.3%
1997$2.2 billion16.8%
1998$2.6 billion17.3%
1999$2.5 billion16.1%
2000$2.4 billion14.8%
2001$2.5 billion14.8%
2002$2.7 billion15.4%
2003$3.3 billion16.7%
2004$3.8 billion15.7%
2005$4.7 billion16.3%
2006$5.1 billion15.9%
2007$6.4 billion15.4%
2008$8.6 billion15.6%
2009$6.2 billion15.4%
2010$6.5 billion14.2%
2011$8.3 billion14.3%
2012$9 billion15.1%
2013$8.8 billion14.7%
2014$9.4 billion15.5%
2015$8.5 billion15.2%
2016$8.3 billion14.3%
2017$9 billion14.1%
2018$10.5 billion14.7%
2019$10.2 billion14.1%
2020$9.7 billion15%
2021$12.3 billion14.3%
2022$14.3 billion13.5%
2023$14.2 billion13.8%
2024$18.8 billion14.3%

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. Morocco–Germany$7.3 billion · 38.6%
  2. Morocco–Belgium$2.6 billion · 13.7%
  3. Morocco–Poland$2.2 billion · 11.6%
  4. Morocco–Netherlands$1.9 billion · 10.2%
  5. Morocco–Czechia$1.3 billion · 6.6%
  6. Morocco–France$758 million · 4%
  7. Morocco–Sweden$738 million · 3.9%
  8. Morocco–Switzerland$329 million · 1.7%
  9. Morocco–Finland$314 million · 1.7%
  10. Morocco–Denmark$312 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$3 billion · 16.2%
  2. Cables and wire$2.1 billion · 11.2%
  3. Auto parts$764 million · 4.1%
  4. Copper wire$714 million · 3.8%
  5. Mixed fertilizers$510 million · 2.7%
  6. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$501 million · 2.7%
  7. Wheat$407 million · 2.2%
  8. Tomatoes$339 million · 1.8%
  9. Other plastic articles$245 million · 1.3%
  10. Phosphoric acid$245 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Tangier (30%) and Casablanca (70%)

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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