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

In 2024, an estimated $3.2 billion of Brunei’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 19.9% of its seaborne trade. That is $934 million of exports and $2.2 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Malaysia, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.

Summary

Estimated value
$3.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
19.9%
Exports
$934million
Imports
$2.2billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Brunei’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 27% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Brunei 3.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$779 million17.1%
1996$1.4 billion24.4%
1997$1.7 billion33.4%
1998$808 million23.4%
1999$464 million14.9%
2000$253 million5.9%
2001$393 million9.4%
2002$392 million8.3%
2003$438 million8.4%
2004$663 million11.9%
2005$512 million7.4%
2006$964 million11.3%
2007$931 million11.1%
2008$1.1 billion8.9%
2009$909 million11.3%
2010$671 million6.6%
2011$1.3 billion9.1%
2012$1.6 billion10.5%
2013$1.4 billion11.2%
2014$1.9 billion15.5%
2015$1.2 billion14.8%
2016$940 million14.7%
2017$1 billion15%
2018$929 million10.2%
2019$2.5 billion24.7%
2020$2.5 billion22.2%
2021$4.8 billion26.5%
2022$4.4 billion22.6%
2023$3.4 billion21.4%
2024$3.2 billion19.9%

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. Brunei–Malaysia$707 million · 22.4%
  2. Brunei–Russia$603 million · 19.1%
  3. Brunei–United Arab Emirates$574 million · 18.2%
  4. Brunei–India$308 million · 9.7%
  5. Brunei–Kazakhstan$185 million · 5.8%
  6. Brunei–Saudi Arabia$178 million · 5.6%
  7. Brunei–Indonesia$115 million · 3.6%
  8. Brunei–United States$90 million · 2.9%
  9. Brunei–Brazil$90 million · 2.9%
  10. Brunei–Qatar$70 million · 2.2%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$1.9 billion · 59.4%
  2. Refined petroleum$640 million · 20.3%
  3. Cyclic hydrocarbons$170 million · 5.4%
  4. Nitrogen fertilizers$38 million · 1.2%
  5. Pet and animal feed$28 million · 0.88%
  6. Coal$26 million · 0.82%
  7. Cars$24 million · 0.76%
  8. Soft drinks$19 million · 0.59%
  9. Halogenated hydrocarbons$15 million · 0.47%
  10. Corn$13 million · 0.4%

Reference ports

Muara (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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