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

In 2024, an estimated $5 billion of Peru’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 5.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.7 billion of exports and $1.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Summary

Estimated value
$5billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.1%
Exports
$3.7billion
Imports
$1.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Peru’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 20% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Peru 5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$981 million9.9%
1996$969 million9.3%
1997$1.1 billion9.4%
1998$874 million8.7%
1999$771 million8.1%
2000$693 million6.7%
2001$678 million6.7%
2002$755 million7%
2003$827 million7.2%
2004$1.3 billion8.5%
2005$1.7 billion8.5%
2006$2.5 billion9.6%
2007$2.8 billion8.6%
2008$3 billion7.3%
2009$2.4 billion7.5%
2010$3.8 billion7.5%
2011$4.4 billion7.8%
2012$5.1 billion6.8%
2013$4.7 billion6.4%
2014$4.1 billion7.1%
2015$4 billion6.5%
2016$3.6 billion6.9%
2017$3.5 billion5.7%
2018$4 billion6%
2019$4.1 billion6.1%
2020$3.7 billion6.4%
2021$4.9 billion6%
2022$4.5 billion4.9%
2023$4.3 billion4.8%
2024$5 billion5.1%

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. Peru–Netherlands$2.3 billion · 46.9%
  2. Peru–Germany$1.6 billion · 31.8%
  3. Peru–Belgium$635 million · 12.7%
  4. Peru–Switzerland$229 million · 4.6%
  5. Peru–Czechia$87 million · 1.7%
  6. Peru–France$68 million · 1.4%
  7. Peru–United Kingdom$42 million · 0.85%

What crosses it

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

  1. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$619 million · 12.4%
  2. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$569 million · 11.4%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$343 million · 6.9%
  4. Coffee$313 million · 6.3%
  5. Copper ore$282 million · 5.7%
  6. Cocoa beans$178 million · 3.6%
  7. Grapes$147 million · 3%
  8. Unwrought zinc$139 million · 2.8%
  9. Zinc ore$124 million · 2.5%
  10. Refined petroleum$109 million · 2.2%

Reference ports

Callao (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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