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

In 2024, an estimated $5.5 billion of Qatar’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 5.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.5 billion of exports and $2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$5.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.1%
Exports
$3.5billion
Imports
$2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Qatar’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 5% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Qatar 5.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$257 million5.3%
1996$231 million4%
1997$286 million3.6%
1998$245 million3.6%
1999$148 million2%
2000$456 million3%
2001$493 million3.1%
2002$654 million4.1%
2003$561 million3.2%
2004$527 million2.3%
2005$1.4 billion4%
2006$2 billion4.2%
2007$3.3 billion5.1%
2008$5 billion5.6%
2009$3.9 billion6.6%
2010$4.2 billion4.7%
2011$6.8 billion5.7%
2012$6.8 billion4.4%
2013$7.2 billion4.7%
2014$4.8 billion3.2%
2015$5.4 billion5.5%
2016$4.6 billion5.9%
2017$4.6 billion5.4%
2018$4.8 billion4.6%
2019$5.2 billion5.6%
2020$3.5 billion5.1%
2021$7.4 billion6.5%
2022$11.8 billion7.6%
2023$13.1 billion9.3%
2024$5.5 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. Qatar–Belgium$1.3 billion · 24.3%
  2. Qatar–Netherlands$1.3 billion · 24.1%
  3. Qatar–Germany$1.2 billion · 22%
  4. Qatar–Sweden$654 million · 11.9%
  5. Qatar–Switzerland$234 million · 4.3%
  6. Qatar–Finland$205 million · 3.7%
  7. Qatar–Poland$173 million · 3.2%
  8. Qatar–Denmark$154 million · 2.8%
  9. Qatar–Czechia$94 million · 1.7%
  10. Qatar–Norway$44 million · 0.79%

What crosses it

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

  1. Refined petroleum$2 billion · 37.4%
  2. Natural gas and LPG$1.1 billion · 19.3%
  3. Cars$153 million · 2.8%
  4. Iron ore$151 million · 2.8%
  5. Polyethylene$118 million · 2.2%
  6. Sulfur$113 million · 2.1%
  7. Crude petroleum$105 million · 1.9%
  8. Open-chain hydrocarbons$79 million · 1.4%
  9. Catalysts$66 million · 1.2%
  10. Powdered and condensed milk$56 million · 1%

Reference ports

Hamad Port (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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