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

In 2024, an estimated $10.8 billion of Turkmenistan’s trade passed through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, 71.6% of its seaborne trade. That is $9.7 billion of exports and $1.1 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Singapore and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$10.8billion
Of its seaborne trade
71.6%
Exports
$9.7billion
Imports
$1.1billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Turkmenistan’s estimated trade through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore rose 5% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Turkmenistan 10.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$42 million6.4%
1996$106 million4%
1997$136 million6.6%
1998$60 million7.9%
1999$188 million8.2%
2000$545 million13.2%
2001$149 million5.3%
2002$184 million5.7%
2003$218 million6.1%
2004$270 million5.7%
2005$261 million4.3%
2006$329 million5.1%
2007$598 million7.3%
2008$1.1 billion9.9%
2009$1.3 billion21.2%
2010$1.9 billion31.6%
2011$5.9 billion52.2%
2012$10.7 billion61.9%
2013$10.5 billion60.7%
2014$10.9 billion61.1%
2015$9 billion63.5%
2016$6.6 billion58.3%
2017$7.2 billion65.7%
2018$6.9 billion70.4%
2019$10.3 billion75.9%
2020$9.2 billion76.4%
2021$7.5 billion66.3%
2022$11.3 billion69.9%
2023$10.8 billion62%
2024$10.8 billion71.6%

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. Turkmenistan–China$10.6 billion · 98.1%
  2. Turkmenistan–Singapore$118 million · 1.1%
  3. Turkmenistan–South Korea$38 million · 0.35%
  4. Turkmenistan–Japan$19 million · 0.17%
  5. Turkmenistan–United States$16 million · 0.15%
  6. Turkmenistan–Canada$6 million · 0.06%
  7. Turkmenistan–Thailand$6 million · 0.05%
  8. Turkmenistan–Malaysia$2 million · 0.02%
  9. Turkmenistan–Australia$58 thousand · 0%

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$9.6 billion · 88.8%
  2. Refined petroleum$117 million · 1.1%
  3. New tires$50 million · 0.47%
  4. Seamless steel pipes$44 million · 0.41%
  5. Bulldozers and excavators$31 million · 0.29%
  6. Special-purpose vehicles$28 million · 0.26%
  7. Auto parts$27 million · 0.25%
  8. Coated flat steel$25 million · 0.23%
  9. Liquid pumps$23 million · 0.21%

Reference ports

Bandar Abbas (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.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

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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