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

In 2024, an estimated $10.2 billion of Romania’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 6.2% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.6 billion of exports and $8.6 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, South Korea and Japan.

Summary

Estimated value
$10.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
6.2%
Exports
$1.6billion
Imports
$8.6billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Romania’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 31% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Romania 10.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.5 billion9.8%
1996$1.4 billion9%
1997$1.4 billion9%
1998$1.1 billion6.6%
1999$906 million5.9%
2000$1.2 billion6%
2001$1.2 billion5.3%
2002$1.5 billion5.6%
2003$2.2 billion6.4%
2004$2.8 billion6.2%
2005$3.8 billion6.9%
2006$4.6 billion7%
2007$5.2 billion6.5%
2008$6.2 billion6.8%
2009$3.9 billion6%
2010$4.5 billion5.9%
2011$5.5 billion5.9%
2012$5.2 billion6%
2013$5.5 billion5.9%
2014$6.3 billion6.2%
2015$5.8 billion6.2%
2016$6.8 billion6.8%
2017$7.1 billion6.4%
2018$7.9 billion6.1%
2019$7.8 billion6.3%
2020$7.5 billion6.7%
2021$10.1 billion7.2%
2022$10.9 billion6.7%
2023$9.3 billion5.6%
2024$10.2 billion6.2%

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. Romania–China$7.9 billion · 76.9%
  2. Romania–South Korea$757 million · 7.4%
  3. Romania–Japan$571 million · 5.6%
  4. Romania–Vietnam$335 million · 3.3%
  5. Romania–Thailand$330 million · 3.2%
  6. Romania–Taiwan$157 million · 1.5%
  7. Romania–Singapore$94 million · 0.92%
  8. Romania–Russia$84 million · 0.83%
  9. Romania–Malaysia$19 million · 0.18%
  10. Romania–New Zealand$10 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. Printed circuit boards$354 million · 3.5%
  2. Auto parts$280 million · 2.7%
  3. Cars$273 million · 2.7%
  4. Transformers and power supplies$229 million · 2.2%
  5. New tires$218 million · 2.1%
  6. Electric heaters and hair dryers$200 million · 2%
  7. Electric motors and generators$183 million · 1.8%
  8. Other plastic articles$158 million · 1.5%
  9. Lamps and light fittings$154 million · 1.5%
  10. Air conditioners$152 million · 1.5%

Reference ports

Constanța (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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