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How much of Belarus’ trade passes through the Strait of Gibraltar?

In 2024, an estimated $6.3 billion of Belarus’ trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 38.8% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.7 billion of exports and $3.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Turkey, China and Kazakhstan.

Summary

Estimated value
$6.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
38.8%
Exports
$2.7billion
Imports
$3.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Belarus’ estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar fell 37% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Belarus 6.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$633 million30.7%
1996$666 million33.5%
1997$662 million31.7%
1998$1.4 billion40.1%
1999$1.3 billion38.4%
2000$1.4 billion37.1%
2001$1.3 billion36.4%
2002$1.5 billion33.3%
2003$1.5 billion29.2%
2004$2.5 billion31.5%
2005$3.2 billion29.2%
2006$3.9 billion27.4%
2007$5.3 billion30.9%
2008$7.5 billion32.5%
2009$6.2 billion35.7%
2010$7.3 billion37.7%
2011$10.5 billion36.3%
2012$9.9 billion34.1%
2013$9.8 billion41.5%
2014$8.7 billion42.1%
2015$8.2 billion44.6%
2016$7.3 billion49.3%
2017$8.8 billion46.9%
2018$9.9 billion44.3%
2019$10.1 billion48.8%
2020$10 billion55.2%
2021$10.9 billion56.3%
2022$10.3 billion70.7%
2023$13.5 billion78.3%
2024$6.3 billion38.8%

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. Belarus–Turkey$1.7 billion · 26.2%
  2. Belarus–China$1.2 billion · 18.4%
  3. Belarus–Kazakhstan$837 million · 13.2%
  4. Belarus–Uzbekistan$658 million · 10.4%
  5. Belarus–Azerbaijan$418 million · 6.6%
  6. Belarus–Italy$364 million · 5.7%
  7. Belarus–Georgia$168 million · 2.6%
  8. Belarus–Moldova$156 million · 2.5%
  9. Belarus–Serbia$140 million · 2.2%
  10. Belarus–Armenia$112 million · 1.8%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$331 million · 5.2%
  2. Other knitted fabric$286 million · 4.5%
  3. Sawn wood$272 million · 4.3%
  4. Auto parts$195 million · 3.1%
  5. Tractors$186 million · 2.9%
  6. Refined petroleum$186 million · 2.9%
  7. Potash fertilizers$159 million · 2.5%
  8. Fresh beef$147 million · 2.3%
  9. Powdered and condensed milk$110 million · 1.7%
  10. Cheese$88 million · 1.4%

Reference ports

Klaipeda (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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