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

In 2024, an estimated $2.7 billion of Uruguay’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 15.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.6 billion of exports and $1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Italy, Turkey and Spain.

Summary

Estimated value
$2.7billion
Of its seaborne trade
15.2%
Exports
$1.6billion
Imports
$1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Uruguay’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 74% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Uruguay 2.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$493 million15.8%
1996$571 million15.1%
1997$627 million16.2%
1998$648 million16.7%
1999$590 million16.5%
2000$540 million14.8%
2001$509 million14.9%
2002$487 million17.1%
2003$550 million15.6%
2004$600 million11.7%
2005$687 million11.2%
2006$730 million10.5%
2007$821 million10.9%
2008$1.3 billion12.5%
2009$925 million10.7%
2010$1.4 billion12.5%
2011$1.3 billion10.3%
2012$1.6 billion11.1%
2013$1.5 billion10.3%
2014$1.5 billion10.6%
2015$1.6 billion12.4%
2016$1.5 billion13.1%
2017$1.7 billion13%
2018$2 billion14.4%
2019$1.5 billion12.2%
2020$1.6 billion13.6%
2021$2.1 billion13.1%
2022$2.4 billion12.7%
2023$2.4 billion13.9%
2024$2.7 billion15.2%

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. Uruguay–Italy$607 million · 22.8%
  2. Uruguay–Turkey$589 million · 22.1%
  3. Uruguay–Spain$340 million · 12.8%
  4. Uruguay–Algeria$269 million · 10.1%
  5. Uruguay–Israel$205 million · 7.7%
  6. Uruguay–Austria$122 million · 4.6%
  7. Uruguay–France$119 million · 4.5%
  8. Uruguay–Kazakhstan$113 million · 4.2%
  9. Uruguay–Azerbaijan$96 million · 3.6%
  10. Uruguay–Egypt$81 million · 3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Chemical wood pulp$641 million · 24.1%
  2. Live cattle$260 million · 9.8%
  3. Powdered and condensed milk$214 million · 8%
  4. Crude petroleum$185 million · 6.9%
  5. Frozen beef$158 million · 5.9%
  6. Fresh beef$97 million · 3.6%
  7. Nitrogen fertilizers$82 million · 3.1%
  8. Auto parts$75 million · 2.8%
  9. Rice$48 million · 1.8%
  10. Pet and animal feed$32 million · 1.2%

Reference ports

Montevideo (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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