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

In 2024, an estimated $3.5 billion of North Macedonia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 33.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.5 billion of exports and $2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Poland and Czechia.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
33.8%
Exports
$1.5billion
Imports
$2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

North Macedonia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 16% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • North Macedonia 3.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$854 million36.4%
1996$691 million34.9%
1997$719 million33.3%
1998$639 million32%
1999$601 million32.3%
2000$768 million35.2%
2001$626 million35.7%
2002$636 million35.5%
2003$640 million30.4%
2004$776 million27.7%
2005$992 million30.5%
2006$1.2 billion32.2%
2007$1.6 billion30.1%
2008$2.2 billion33.3%
2009$1.3 billion29.3%
2010$1.5 billion29.5%
2011$1.8 billion28.3%
2012$1.5 billion28.7%
2013$1.7 billion31.4%
2014$2 billion33.5%
2015$2.1 billion36.2%
2016$2.2 billion36.3%
2017$2 billion32.6%
2018$2.9 billion35.4%
2019$3 billion36.3%
2020$2.6 billion34%
2021$3.1 billion34.3%
2022$3.4 billion33.9%
2023$3.6 billion34.4%
2024$3.5 billion33.8%

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. North Macedonia–Germany$1.8 billion · 52.1%
  2. North Macedonia–Poland$501 million · 14.4%
  3. North Macedonia–Czechia$380 million · 10.9%
  4. North Macedonia–Belgium$213 million · 6.1%
  5. North Macedonia–Netherlands$212 million · 6.1%
  6. North Macedonia–Switzerland$92 million · 2.6%
  7. North Macedonia–Sweden$72 million · 2.1%
  8. North Macedonia–Russia$54 million · 1.5%
  9. North Macedonia–Denmark$38 million · 1.1%
  10. North Macedonia–Finland$37 million · 1.1%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cables and wire$457 million · 13.1%
  2. Technical ceramics$244 million · 7%
  3. Seats and chairs$225 million · 6.4%
  4. Cars$207 million · 5.9%
  5. Buses$79 million · 2.3%
  6. Auto parts$71 million · 2%
  7. Welded steel pipes$56 million · 1.6%
  8. Industrial fatty acids and oils$51 million · 1.5%
  9. Raw tobacco$50 million · 1.4%
  10. Other inorganic salts$49 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Thessaloniki (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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