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

In 2024, an estimated $19.1 billion of Israel’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 26% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.4 billion of exports and $16.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$19.1billion
Of its seaborne trade
26%
Exports
$2.4billion
Imports
$16.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Israel’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 17% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Israel 19.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$5.3 billion14.6%
1996$5.3 billion14%
1997$5 billion13%
1998$4.6 billion12.3%
1999$5.3 billion12.9%
2000$5.9 billion14.4%
2001$5.2 billion13.4%
2002$6.1 billion14.7%
2003$6 billion14.1%
2004$7.6 billion14.7%
2005$8.5 billion14.6%
2006$9.6 billion15.8%
2007$8.7 billion17.1%
2008$10.2 billion15.8%
2009$9.4 billion16.1%
2010$13.3 billion19.1%
2011$17 billion20.5%
2012$15.6 billion19.4%
2013$16.6 billion20%
2014$17 billion20%
2015$13.2 billion18.3%
2016$13.3 billion20.5%
2017$15.5 billion22.8%
2018$17.1 billion23.3%
2019$16.3 billion23.7%
2020$12.6 billion20%
2021$18.1 billion23.1%
2022$20.8 billion22.5%
2023$21 billion25.4%
2024$19.1 billion26%

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. Israel–China$10.8 billion · 56.6%
  2. Israel–South Korea$2.1 billion · 10.9%
  3. Israel–Japan$1.6 billion · 8.2%
  4. Israel–Hong Kong$1.4 billion · 7.3%
  5. Israel–Singapore$1.2 billion · 6.2%
  6. Israel–Thailand$900 million · 4.7%
  7. Israel–Taiwan$480 million · 2.5%
  8. Israel–Vietnam$350 million · 1.8%
  9. Israel–Russia$167 million · 0.88%
  10. Israel–Philippines$71 million · 0.37%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$3.7 billion · 19.4%
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$405 million · 2.1%
  3. Refined petroleum$287 million · 1.5%
  4. Fruit and vegetable juices$270 million · 1.4%
  5. Potash fertilizers$250 million · 1.3%
  6. Coated flat steel$250 million · 1.3%
  7. Cargo and cruise ships$234 million · 1.2%
  8. Buses$228 million · 1.2%
  9. New tires$226 million · 1.2%
  10. Air conditioners$214 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Haifa (98%) and Eilat (2%)

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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