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

In 2024, an estimated $3 billion of Myanmar’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 13.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.9 billion of exports and $120 million of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Poland and Belgium.

Summary

Estimated value
$3billion
Of its seaborne trade
13.5%
Exports
$2.9billion
Imports
$120million

Trend

Estimated value per year

Myanmar’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 26% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Myanmar 3

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$87 million3.9%
1996$104 million4%
1997$94 million3.4%
1998$103 million4.2%
1999$109 million4.2%
2000$170 million5.6%
2001$271 million6.9%
2002$170 million5.4%
2003$186 million6.2%
2004$224 million5.9%
2005$184 million5.8%
2006$195 million5.6%
2007$207 million4.5%
2008$162 million3.3%
2009$124 million2.8%
2010$132 million2%
2011$171 million1.6%
2012$212 million1.8%
2013$269 million1.8%
2014$435 million2.5%
2015$595 million3.8%
2016$819 million5%
2017$1.4 billion6.7%
2018$2.2 billion9.7%
2019$2.4 billion9.8%
2020$2.9 billion12.4%
2021$2.6 billion12.4%
2022$3.8 billion13.7%
2023$3 billion11.7%
2024$3 billion13.5%

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. Myanmar–Germany$1.2 billion · 40.4%
  2. Myanmar–Poland$947 million · 31.2%
  3. Myanmar–Belgium$178 million · 5.9%
  4. Myanmar–Netherlands$165 million · 5.4%
  5. Myanmar–Czechia$133 million · 4.4%
  6. Myanmar–Denmark$130 million · 4.3%
  7. Myanmar–Sweden$86 million · 2.8%
  8. Myanmar–Switzerland$74 million · 2.4%
  9. Myanmar–Norway$37 million · 1.2%
  10. Myanmar–Finland$29 million · 0.96%

What crosses it

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

  1. Women's coats and jackets$448 million · 14.8%
  2. Women's suits and dresses$297 million · 9.8%
  3. Sweaters and pullovers$268 million · 8.8%
  4. Men's coats and jackets$245 million · 8.1%
  5. Women's knitted suits and dresses$210 million · 6.9%
  6. Rubber and plastic footwear$186 million · 6.1%
  7. Rice$172 million · 5.7%
  8. Garments of coated or nonwoven fabric$134 million · 4.4%
  9. Women's knitted coats and jackets$116 million · 3.8%
  10. Textile footwear$106 million · 3.5%

Reference ports

Yangon (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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