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

In 2024, an estimated $17.2 billion of Serbia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 36.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $8.6 billion of exports and $8.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Czechia and Poland.

Summary

Estimated value
$17.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
36.1%
Exports
$8.6billion
Imports
$8.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Serbia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 52% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Serbia 17.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$104 million34.4%
1996$1.3 billion31.5%
1997$1.6 billion30.6%
1998$2 billion34.3%
1999$1.2 billion34.2%
2000$1.4 billion34.4%
2001$1.8 billion34.6%
2002$2.2 billion34.5%
2003$1.9 billion33.2%
2004$3.4 billion32.6%
2005$2.7 billion32.2%
2006$4.2 billion32.9%
2007$6 billion32.8%
2008$7.6 billion33.9%
2009$4.8 billion33.7%
2010$5.3 billion32.9%
2011$6.9 billion33.9%
2012$6.6 billion34.4%
2013$8 billion33.2%
2014$8.3 billion35.9%
2015$7.5 billion34.8%
2016$7.9 billion35.7%
2017$9.1 billion35.6%
2018$10.6 billion36.7%
2019$11.3 billion37.1%
2020$10.6 billion36.7%
2021$13.8 billion36%
2022$16.1 billion36.1%
2023$16.8 billion37.5%
2024$17.2 billion36.1%

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. Serbia–Germany$7.9 billion · 45.8%
  2. Serbia–Czechia$2.2 billion · 12.9%
  3. Serbia–Poland$2.2 billion · 12.7%
  4. Serbia–Netherlands$1 billion · 6%
  5. Serbia–Belgium$828 million · 4.8%
  6. Serbia–Russia$826 million · 4.8%
  7. Serbia–Sweden$677 million · 3.9%
  8. Serbia–Switzerland$566 million · 3.3%
  9. Serbia–Denmark$303 million · 1.8%
  10. Serbia–Finland$249 million · 1.4%

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$1.3 billion · 7.9%
  2. Auto parts$706 million · 4.1%
  3. Cars$657 million · 3.8%
  4. Electric motors and generators$598 million · 3.5%
  5. Motor and generator parts$471 million · 2.7%
  6. Natural gas and LPG$351 million · 2%
  7. Detergents and surfactants$350 million · 2%
  8. Seats and chairs$319 million · 1.9%
  9. Frozen fruit$302 million · 1.8%
  10. Copper wire$246 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Bar (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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