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

In 2024, an estimated $6.4 billion of Tunisia’s trade passed through the Strait of Dover, 18.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $3.1 billion of exports and $3.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Russia and the Netherlands.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
18.5%
Exports
$3.1billion
Imports
$3.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Tunisia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Dover rose 41% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Tunisia 6.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2 billion21.6%
1996$1.9 billion20%
1997$2.3 billion21.6%
1998$2.6 billion22.9%
1999$2.7 billion23%
2000$2.6 billion21.4%
2001$2.9 billion21%
2002$2.7 billion20.2%
2003$2.6 billion17.7%
2004$2.8 billion16.2%
2005$3 billion16.3%
2006$3.5 billion16.6%
2007$4.1 billion15.9%
2008$5.4 billion16.4%
2009$4.3 billion17.7%
2010$4.9 billion17%
2011$4.9 billion16.1%
2012$5.3 billion17.7%
2013$5.1 billion16.9%
2014$5.1 billion17.1%
2015$4.3 billion16.2%
2016$4.3 billion17.1%
2017$4.7 billion17.3%
2018$5 billion16.8%
2019$4.5 billion16.3%
2020$4.3 billion17.6%
2021$5.2 billion16.8%
2022$6.2 billion16.7%
2023$7.1 billion19.6%
2024$6.4 billion18.5%

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. Tunisia–Germany$3.3 billion · 52.2%
  2. Tunisia–Russia$726 million · 11.4%
  3. Tunisia–Netherlands$468 million · 7.3%
  4. Tunisia–Belgium$417 million · 6.5%
  5. Tunisia–Poland$404 million · 6.3%
  6. Tunisia–Czechia$396 million · 6.2%
  7. Tunisia–Switzerland$223 million · 3.5%
  8. Tunisia–Sweden$140 million · 2.2%
  9. Tunisia–Finland$87 million · 1.4%
  10. Tunisia–Denmark$71 million · 1.1%

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$1.6 billion · 25.7%
  2. Refined petroleum$625 million · 9.8%
  3. Cars$196 million · 3.1%
  4. Copper wire$152 million · 2.4%
  5. Men's suits and trousers$132 million · 2.1%
  6. Auto parts$127 million · 2%
  7. Low-voltage switches and connectors$122 million · 1.9%
  8. Wheat$122 million · 1.9%
  9. Centrifuges and filters$113 million · 1.8%
  10. Crude petroleum$112 million · 1.7%

Reference ports

Tunis (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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