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How much of Czechia’s trade passes through the Strait of Gibraltar?

In 2024, an estimated $60.4 billion of Czechia’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 35.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $29.8 billion of exports and $30.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Italy, Hungary and Romania.

Summary

Estimated value
$60.4billion
Of its seaborne trade
35.3%
Exports
$29.8billion
Imports
$30.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Czechia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar fell 14% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Czechia 60.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$7.7 billion48.9%
1996$8.7 billion49.9%
1997$7.8 billion47%
1998$8.9 billion45.2%
1999$8.3 billion43.6%
2000$9.7 billion43.4%
2001$11 billion42.8%
2002$14.5 billion44.1%
2003$16 billion45.1%
2004$21 billion46%
2005$24.9 billion45.9%
2006$32 billion46.2%
2007$42.8 billion48.6%
2008$52.4 billion50.6%
2009$39 billion50.5%
2010$48.1 billion51.4%
2011$56.4 billion50.4%
2012$53.4 billion50.6%
2013$54.3 billion50.7%
2014$58.5 billion51%
2015$53.2 billion50.6%
2016$56.3 billion51.1%
2017$64.1 billion51.8%
2018$67.7 billion51.3%
2019$70.3 billion52.1%
2020$62.1 billion52.1%
2021$83.1 billion54.5%
2022$92.9 billion53.4%
2023$88 billion51.3%
2024$60.4 billion35.3%

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. Czechia–Italy$15.1 billion · 25%
  2. Czechia–Hungary$10.3 billion · 17.1%
  3. Czechia–Romania$5.7 billion · 9.4%
  4. Czechia–Turkey$5.5 billion · 9.2%
  5. Czechia–China$3 billion · 4.9%
  6. Czechia–Ukraine$2.4 billion · 3.9%
  7. Czechia–Serbia$2.2 billion · 3.7%
  8. Czechia–Slovenia$1.8 billion · 3%
  9. Czechia–Bulgaria$1.4 billion · 2.4%
  10. Czechia–Azerbaijan$1.4 billion · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$7.8 billion · 12.9%
  2. Auto parts$3.9 billion · 6.4%
  3. Crude petroleum$2.6 billion · 4.3%
  4. Cables and wire$2.3 billion · 3.9%
  5. Seats and chairs$1.1 billion · 1.9%
  6. Batteries$985 million · 1.6%
  7. Toys$913 million · 1.5%
  8. New tires$899 million · 1.5%
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$832 million · 1.4%
  10. Other plastic articles$756 million · 1.3%

Reference ports

Hamburg (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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