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

In 2024, an estimated $19.5 billion of Taiwan’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 6.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $8.7 billion of exports and $10.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, the Netherlands and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$19.5billion
Of its seaborne trade
6.4%
Exports
$8.7billion
Imports
$10.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Taiwan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 9% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Taiwan 19.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$9.5 billion6.2%
1996$10.5 billion7%
1997$12.2 billion8.2%
1998$11.8 billion8.8%
1999$11.5 billion8.5%
2000$11.7 billion7.4%
2001$9.3 billion6.8%
2002$9.1 billion6.3%
2003$10.1 billion6.2%
2004$12.8 billion6.4%
2005$13.7 billion6.1%
2006$13.7 billion5.6%
2007$15.3 billion5.7%
2008$16.8 billion5.5%
2009$12.6 billion5.8%
2010$15.7 billion5.4%
2011$17.5 billion5.2%
2012$17.3 billion5%
2013$17.4 billion5%
2014$18.4 billion6.4%
2015$17.1 billion6.3%
2016$17.2 billion6.8%
2017$18.4 billion6.5%
2018$19.3 billion6.2%
2019$17.9 billion6.2%
2020$16.7 billion6.3%
2021$22.3 billion6.2%
2022$23.3 billion5.9%
2023$19.8 billion6.5%
2024$19.5 billion6.4%

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. Taiwan–Germany$8.4 billion · 42.9%
  2. Taiwan–Netherlands$2.3 billion · 11.7%
  3. Taiwan–Russia$2 billion · 10.5%
  4. Taiwan–Belgium$1.3 billion · 6.9%
  5. Taiwan–Poland$1.2 billion · 6.1%
  6. Taiwan–Sweden$883 million · 4.5%
  7. Taiwan–Denmark$843 million · 4.3%
  8. Taiwan–Czechia$730 million · 3.7%
  9. Taiwan–Norway$561 million · 2.9%
  10. Taiwan–Switzerland$477 million · 2.5%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$3.3 billion · 17%
  2. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 5.8%
  3. Screws, bolts and nuts$1.1 billion · 5.5%
  4. Auto parts$529 million · 2.7%
  5. Generating sets$430 million · 2.2%
  6. Coal$379 million · 2%
  7. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$332 million · 1.7%
  8. Semi-finished steel$304 million · 1.6%
  9. Vehicle lights and signals$259 million · 1.3%
  10. Other plastic articles$221 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Kaohsiung (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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