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

In 2024, an estimated $7.9 billion of Tanzania’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 40.1% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.3 billion of exports and $6.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Japan and Vietnam.

Summary

Estimated value
$7.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
40.1%
Exports
$1.3billion
Imports
$6.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Tanzania’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 91% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Tanzania 7.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$454 million23.2%
1996$419 million23.1%
1997$401 million20.6%
1998$489 million20.6%
1999$435 million20.1%
2000$435 million19.9%
2001$476 million21.9%
2002$551 million23.4%
2003$663 million23%
2004$862 million23.8%
2005$1 billion23.6%
2006$1.2 billion22.5%
2007$1.6 billion23.3%
2008$2.3 billion26.2%
2009$2.1 billion27.7%
2010$3.3 billion34.2%
2011$3.1 billion24.5%
2012$3.2 billion25.1%
2013$4.3 billion28.6%
2014$4.6 billion30.7%
2015$4.1 billion24.2%
2016$3.8 billion36.2%
2017$3.5 billion35.6%
2018$3.9 billion33.9%
2019$4.2 billion37.1%
2020$4.1 billion36.7%
2021$5.5 billion36.2%
2022$7.1 billion34.9%
2023$7.9 billion40.3%
2024$7.9 billion40.1%

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. Tanzania–China$6.1 billion · 76.5%
  2. Tanzania–Japan$727 million · 9.2%
  3. Tanzania–Vietnam$358 million · 4.5%
  4. Tanzania–South Korea$168 million · 2.1%
  5. Tanzania–Thailand$146 million · 1.8%
  6. Tanzania–Singapore$99 million · 1.2%
  7. Tanzania–United States$83 million · 1%
  8. Tanzania–Russia$82 million · 1%
  9. Tanzania–Hong Kong$70 million · 0.88%
  10. Tanzania–Malaysia$45 million · 0.56%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$312 million · 3.9%
  2. Tractors$309 million · 3.9%
  3. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$293 million · 3.7%
  4. Other oilseeds$259 million · 3.3%
  5. Hot-rolled flat steel$256 million · 3.2%
  6. Trucks$245 million · 3.1%
  7. Synthetic filament fabric$207 million · 2.6%
  8. Large-diameter steel pipes$175 million · 2.2%
  9. New tires$161 million · 2%
  10. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$160 million · 2%

Reference ports

Dar es Salaam (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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