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

In 2024, an estimated $63.9 billion of Poland’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 16.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $5.8 billion of exports and $58.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$63.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
16.1%
Exports
$5.8billion
Imports
$58.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Poland’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 64% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Poland 63.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$2.5 billion8.9%
1996$3.2 billion9.7%
1997$3.8 billion10.3%
1998$3.9 billion10%
1999$4.1 billion10.3%
2000$3.9 billion9.1%
2001$3.7 billion8%
2002$4.3 billion8.1%
2003$5.3 billion8.2%
2004$7.3 billion8.6%
2005$8.6 billion8.8%
2006$10.4 billion8.9%
2007$16.8 billion11%
2008$22.2 billion12.1%
2009$17.4 billion12.4%
2010$21.1 billion13%
2011$23.4 billion12.1%
2012$21.8 billion12.1%
2013$24.2 billion12.3%
2014$28 billion13.4%
2015$26.6 billion13.3%
2016$27.2 billion13.4%
2017$31.2 billion13.5%
2018$35.9 billion13.5%
2019$39.1 billion14.7%
2020$44.8 billion17%
2021$57.7 billion17.2%
2022$63.3 billion16.7%
2023$59.1 billion15.1%
2024$63.9 billion16.1%

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. Poland–China$46.4 billion · 72.7%
  2. Poland–South Korea$6 billion · 9.3%
  3. Poland–Japan$4.3 billion · 6.7%
  4. Poland–Vietnam$2.7 billion · 4.2%
  5. Poland–Taiwan$1.2 billion · 1.9%
  6. Poland–Thailand$1.1 billion · 1.7%
  7. Poland–Cambodia$728 million · 1.1%
  8. Poland–Singapore$496 million · 0.78%
  9. Poland–Hong Kong$250 million · 0.39%
  10. Poland–Russia$242 million · 0.38%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$2.9 billion · 4.5%
  2. Computer and office machine parts$2.9 billion · 4.5%
  3. Auto parts$1.9 billion · 3%
  4. Chromates, permanganates and other metal salts$1.7 billion · 2.6%
  5. Batteries$1.6 billion · 2.4%
  6. Parts for broadcast equipment$1.6 billion · 2.4%
  7. Transformers and power supplies$1.2 billion · 1.9%
  8. Other plastic articles$870 million · 1.4%
  9. Toys$840 million · 1.3%
  10. Air pumps, compressors and fans$840 million · 1.3%

If it closes

  • China–Poland: +742 nautical miles, ≈ 2 days more at 14 knots, via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund

Estimated sailing detour, without costs, waiting or port capacity.

Reference ports

Gdańsk (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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