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

In 2024, an estimated $48.2 billion of Slovakia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 39.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $27.8 billion of exports and $20.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Summary

Estimated value
$48.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
39.6%
Exports
$27.8billion
Imports
$20.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Slovakia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 15% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Slovakia 48.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$4.6 billion54.4%
1996$5.5 billion53.1%
1997$6.2 billion55.1%
1998$8.1 billion60.2%
1999$7.5 billion58.8%
2000$8.3 billion55.5%
2001$9.3 billion55.8%
2002$10.4 billion54.2%
2003$14.6 billion56.9%
2004$15.4 billion52.4%
2005$17.8 billion52.1%
2006$21.5 billion49.6%
2007$26.1 billion46.1%
2008$33 billion46.2%
2009$24.2 billion45.8%
2010$28 billion44.9%
2011$33.4 billion44.4%
2012$34.8 billion46.5%
2013$36.2 billion46.2%
2014$36.1 billion45.1%
2015$33.1 billion43.9%
2016$34.7 billion43.3%
2017$35.6 billion42.4%
2018$41 billion42.5%
2019$41.8 billion43%
2020$39.3 billion43.5%
2021$47 billion41.6%
2022$48.2 billion40.1%
2023$48.7 billion39.8%
2024$48.2 billion39.6%

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. Slovakia–Germany$34.5 billion · 71.4%
  2. Slovakia–Netherlands$2.8 billion · 5.8%
  3. Slovakia–Belgium$2.4 billion · 5%
  4. Slovakia–Sweden$2 billion · 4.2%
  5. Slovakia–Russia$2 billion · 4.1%
  6. Slovakia–Switzerland$1.4 billion · 2.9%
  7. Slovakia–Norway$622 million · 1.3%
  8. Slovakia–Denmark$616 million · 1.3%
  9. Slovakia–Finland$495 million · 1%
  10. Slovakia–Lithuania$387 million · 0.8%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$10.2 billion · 21.1%
  2. Auto parts$7 billion · 14.5%
  3. Monitors and projectors$1 billion · 2.1%
  4. Natural gas and LPG$976 million · 2%
  5. Crude petroleum$968 million · 2%
  6. New tires$840 million · 1.7%
  7. Vehicle lights and signals$794 million · 1.7%
  8. Cables and wire$671 million · 1.4%
  9. Other industrial machines$668 million · 1.4%
  10. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$599 million · 1.2%

If it closes

  • Germany–Slovakia: +550 nautical miles, ≈ 1.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Gibraltar

Estimated sailing detour, without costs, waiting or port capacity.

Reference ports

Koper (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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