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

In 2024, an estimated $3 billion of Georgia’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 21.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $361 million of exports and $2.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Japan and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$3billion
Of its seaborne trade
21.7%
Exports
$361million
Imports
$2.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Georgia’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 69% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Georgia 3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$7 million2.1%
1996$23 million2.5%
1997$27 million3.1%
1998$36 million4.2%
1999$39 million5%
2000$43 million4.5%
2001$47 million4.8%
2002$56 million5.5%
2003$80 million4.8%
2004$171 million7.3%
2005$151 million5.5%
2006$329 million8.9%
2007$385 million8.5%
2008$512 million9.7%
2009$402 million11.4%
2010$697 million14%
2011$935 million14.7%
2012$1.1 billion16.7%
2013$1.1 billion18%
2014$1.4 billion20%
2015$1.2 billion20.2%
2016$1.2 billion21%
2017$1.4 billion20.4%
2018$1.6 billion20.7%
2019$1.8 billion20.9%
2020$1.7 billion23.5%
2021$1.9 billion20.6%
2022$2.6 billion21%
2023$2.8 billion21.3%
2024$3 billion21.7%

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. Georgia–China$1.8 billion · 60%
  2. Georgia–Japan$559 million · 18.5%
  3. Georgia–Russia$367 million · 12.2%
  4. Georgia–South Korea$114 million · 3.8%
  5. Georgia–Hong Kong$61 million · 2%
  6. Georgia–Thailand$33 million · 1.1%
  7. Georgia–Singapore$27 million · 0.89%
  8. Georgia–Vietnam$21 million · 0.71%
  9. Georgia–Taiwan$17 million · 0.56%
  10. Georgia–Mongolia$3 million · 0.09%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$622 million · 20.6%
  2. Precious metal ore$181 million · 6%
  3. Refined petroleum$146 million · 4.8%
  4. Trucks$71 million · 2.4%
  5. Coated flat steel$69 million · 2.3%
  6. New tires$66 million · 2.2%
  7. Air conditioners$61 million · 2%
  8. Copper ore$46 million · 1.5%
  9. Bulldozers and excavators$46 million · 1.5%
  10. Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$38 million · 1.3%

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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