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

In 2024, an estimated $90 billion of Romania’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 54.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $37.7 billion of exports and $52.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Germany, Poland and China.

Summary

Estimated value
$90billion
Of its seaborne trade
54.5%
Exports
$37.7billion
Imports
$52.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Romania’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 51% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Romania 90

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5.5 billion36.5%
1996$6.2 billion38.6%
1997$6.2 billion39%
1998$6.8 billion41.4%
1999$6.2 billion40.2%
2000$7.6 billion39.1%
2001$9 billion39.9%
2002$10.3 billion38.4%
2003$12.6 billion37.2%
2004$16.7 billion37.8%
2005$20.6 billion37.7%
2006$24.9 billion38.1%
2007$31.3 billion39.3%
2008$37.1 billion40.4%
2009$27.1 billion42.1%
2010$30.7 billion40.7%
2011$39 billion42.2%
2012$38.4 billion44.3%
2013$42.7 billion45.5%
2014$44.6 billion43.9%
2015$43.4 billion46.2%
2016$45.7 billion46.2%
2017$53.8 billion48.2%
2018$63 billion48.6%
2019$59.5 billion47.7%
2020$54.7 billion48.7%
2021$66.4 billion47%
2022$73.5 billion45.4%
2023$76.3 billion45.8%
2024$90 billion54.5%

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. Romania–Germany$32.7 billion · 36.3%
  2. Romania–Poland$10.7 billion · 11.9%
  3. Romania–China$6.7 billion · 7.4%
  4. Romania–Netherlands$5.8 billion · 6.4%
  5. Romania–Czechia$5.7 billion · 6.3%
  6. Romania–United Kingdom$5 billion · 5.6%
  7. Romania–Belgium$3.6 billion · 4%
  8. Romania–United States$2.7 billion · 3%
  9. Romania–Morocco$2.6 billion · 2.9%
  10. Romania–Norway$1.3 billion · 1.5%

What crosses it

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

  1. Auto parts$8.4 billion · 9.3%
  2. Cars$6.9 billion · 7.7%
  3. Cables and wire$3.1 billion · 3.4%
  4. New tires$1.9 billion · 2.1%
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$1.4 billion · 1.6%
  6. Seats and chairs$1.4 billion · 1.5%
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.3 billion · 1.4%
  8. Crude petroleum$1.3 billion · 1.4%
  9. Other plastic articles$1.2 billion · 1.3%
  10. Ball and roller bearings$1.1 billion · 1.2%

If it closes

  • Germany–Romania: +9,374 nautical miles, ≈ 28 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus

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

Reference ports

Constanța (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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