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How much of Azerbaijan’s trade passes through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore?

In 2024, an estimated $4.2 billion of Azerbaijan’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 15.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $415 million of exports and $3.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Japan and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$4.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
15.2%
Exports
$415million
Imports
$3.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Azerbaijan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 37% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Azerbaijan 4.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$23 million8.4%
1996$64 million8.2%
1997$96 million11.8%
1998$42 million5.2%
1999$143 million11.1%
2000$110 million5.4%
2001$145 million5.5%
2002$159 million5.6%
2003$333 million8.6%
2004$455 million8.8%
2005$977 million13.9%
2006$755 million7.4%
2007$1.3 billion8.9%
2008$2.9 billion7.6%
2009$2.2 billion11%
2010$2.8 billion10.4%
2011$2.9 billion8.7%
2012$3.2 billion9.6%
2013$3.9 billion12.4%
2014$3 billion10.2%
2015$2 billion10.6%
2016$2.8 billion18.5%
2017$1.9 billion11.2%
2018$2.8 billion12.1%
2019$3.1 billion15.1%
2020$2.4 billion17.5%
2021$2.3 billion9.3%
2022$3.5 billion7.9%
2023$3.9 billion12.1%
2024$4.2 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. Azerbaijan–China$3 billion · 71.4%
  2. Azerbaijan–Japan$336 million · 7.9%
  3. Azerbaijan–South Korea$331 million · 7.8%
  4. Azerbaijan–Thailand$324 million · 7.7%
  5. Azerbaijan–Vietnam$113 million · 2.7%
  6. Azerbaijan–Singapore$59 million · 1.4%
  7. Azerbaijan–Taiwan$36 million · 0.86%
  8. Azerbaijan–Malaysia$7 million · 0.16%
  9. Azerbaijan–New Zealand$5 million · 0.11%
  10. Azerbaijan–Mongolia$2 million · 0.05%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$944 million · 22.3%
  2. Crude petroleum$332 million · 7.8%
  3. Coated flat steel$97 million · 2.3%
  4. Seamless steel pipes$92 million · 2.2%
  5. Air conditioners$86 million · 2%
  6. New tires$81 million · 1.9%
  7. Bulldozers and excavators$74 million · 1.8%
  8. Auto parts$65 million · 1.5%
  9. Buses$60 million · 1.4%
  10. Monitors and projectors$60 million · 1.4%

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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