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

In 2024, an estimated $24.3 billion of Uzbekistan’s trade passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, 69.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.4 billion of exports and $18.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Russia and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$24.3billion
Of its seaborne trade
69.3%
Exports
$5.4billion
Imports
$18.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Uzbekistan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Gibraltar rose 401% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Uzbekistan 24.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$795 million37.8%
1996$2.2 billion41.7%
1997$1.9 billion35.8%
1998$1.4 billion38.8%
1999$1.1 billion37.1%
2000$1.1 billion37.8%
2001$1.1 billion35.4%
2002$950 million36.8%
2003$939 million28.6%
2004$1.2 billion26.8%
2005$1.5 billion27.7%
2006$1.5 billion22.3%
2007$2.1 billion23.3%
2008$2.3 billion19.7%
2009$1.8 billion18.8%
2010$2.1 billion22.3%
2011$2.5 billion21.7%
2012$2.4 billion20.7%
2013$2.7 billion19%
2014$2.7 billion20.2%
2015$1.9 billion18.6%
2016$1.9 billion19.1%
2017$3.6 billion25%
2018$4.3 billion22.6%
2019$4.9 billion22.2%
2020$4.4 billion23.3%
2021$5.5 billion23.9%
2022$6.8 billion24.2%
2023$8.7 billion24.4%
2024$24.3 billion69.3%

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. Uzbekistan–China$9.4 billion · 38.7%
  2. Uzbekistan–Russia$6.6 billion · 27%
  3. Uzbekistan–South Korea$1.5 billion · 6%
  4. Uzbekistan–Brazil$772 million · 3.2%
  5. Uzbekistan–Germany$694 million · 2.9%
  6. Uzbekistan–India$665 million · 2.7%
  7. Uzbekistan–Belarus$658 million · 2.7%
  8. Uzbekistan–Lithuania$447 million · 1.8%
  9. Uzbekistan–Poland$345 million · 1.4%
  10. Uzbekistan–Iran$325 million · 1.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$1.2 billion · 5%
  2. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 4.6%
  3. Cars$1.1 billion · 4.6%
  4. Auto parts$1.1 billion · 4.4%
  5. Cotton yarn$656 million · 2.7%
  6. Potash fertilizers$505 million · 2.1%
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$490 million · 2%
  8. Refined copper$447 million · 1.8%
  9. Cane and beet sugar$357 million · 1.5%
  10. Hot-rolled flat steel$357 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Batumi (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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