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

In 2024, an estimated $8.9 billion of Mozambique’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 37% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.6 billion of exports and $3.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Singapore and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$8.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
37%
Exports
$5.6billion
Imports
$3.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Mozambique’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 128% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Mozambique 8.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$91 million13.2%
1996$85 million17.1%
1997$112 million20.6%
1998$93 million17.2%
1999$148 million16.8%
2000$175 million18.4%
2001$118 million9.6%
2002$253 million13.9%
2003$172 million10.1%
2004$263 million8%
2005$408 million13.7%
2006$441 million11.1%
2007$552 million12.9%
2008$862 million14.1%
2009$939 million21%
2010$864 million14.2%
2011$1.4 billion15.3%
2012$2.2 billion24%
2013$2.3 billion18.4%
2014$2.9 billion27.1%
2015$2.6 billion22.7%
2016$2.2 billion22.2%
2017$2.4 billion19.7%
2018$3.5 billion22.8%
2019$3.9 billion28.7%
2020$3 billion26.3%
2021$7.2 billion38.1%
2022$10.3 billion38.8%
2023$8.1 billion32.9%
2024$8.9 billion37%

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. Mozambique–China$4.5 billion · 51.1%
  2. Mozambique–Singapore$1.7 billion · 18.8%
  3. Mozambique–South Korea$1.1 billion · 12.7%
  4. Mozambique–Thailand$510 million · 5.8%
  5. Mozambique–Vietnam$444 million · 5%
  6. Mozambique–Japan$263 million · 3%
  7. Mozambique–Taiwan$111 million · 1.3%
  8. Mozambique–Malaysia$93 million · 1.1%
  9. Mozambique–Hong Kong$77 million · 0.87%
  10. Mozambique–Russia$45 million · 0.5%

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$2.2 billion · 25.2%
  2. Coal$1.4 billion · 16.1%
  3. Titanium ore$739 million · 8.4%
  4. Unwrought aluminum$347 million · 3.9%
  5. Other oilseeds$263 million · 3%
  6. Rice$250 million · 2.8%
  7. Refined petroleum$250 million · 2.8%
  8. Fluorides$107 million · 1.2%
  9. Natural sand$104 million · 1.2%
  10. Rubber and plastic footwear$101 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Maputo (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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