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How much of Lithuania’s trade passes through the Suez Canal?

In 2024, an estimated $3 billion of Lithuania’s trade passed through the Suez Canal, 5.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $311 million of exports and $2.7 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Saudi Arabia, China and Malaysia.

Summary

Estimated value
$3billion
Of its seaborne trade
5.7%
Exports
$311million
Imports
$2.7billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Lithuania’s estimated trade through the Suez Canal fell 24% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Lithuania 3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$211 million4.9%
1996$304 million6%
1997$353 million5.9%
1998$294 million4.7%
1999$219 million4.1%
2000$434 million6.9%
2001$479 million6.7%
2002$718 million7.7%
2003$1 billion8.3%
2004$813 million5.7%
2005$1.3 billion7.5%
2006$1.5 billion7.3%
2007$1.7 billion6.9%
2008$2.5 billion8.4%
2009$1.5 billion7.7%
2010$1.7 billion7.2%
2011$1.9 billion6.3%
2012$2.3 billion7.2%
2013$2.6 billion7.5%
2014$3.2 billion9.1%
2015$2.6 billion8.4%
2016$2.7 billion8.9%
2017$3.1 billion8.4%
2018$3.7 billion9.3%
2019$4 billion10.1%
2020$3.3 billion8.8%
2021$3.7 billion7.5%
2022$6.4 billion10.2%
2023$5.4 billion9.4%
2024$3 billion5.7%

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. Lithuania–Saudi Arabia$2.4 billion · 79.1%
  2. Lithuania–China$248 million · 8.3%
  3. Lithuania–Malaysia$78 million · 2.6%
  4. Lithuania–India$49 million · 1.6%
  5. Lithuania–Egypt$39 million · 1.3%
  6. Lithuania–South Korea$35 million · 1.2%
  7. Lithuania–Jordan$30 million · 1%
  8. Lithuania–United Arab Emirates$26 million · 0.87%
  9. Lithuania–Indonesia$22 million · 0.75%
  10. Lithuania–Australia$22 million · 0.72%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$2.2 billion · 74.8%
  2. Sawn wood$33 million · 1.1%
  3. Furniture$28 million · 0.93%
  4. Tractors$23 million · 0.75%
  5. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$18 million · 0.61%
  6. Polycarboxylic acids$16 million · 0.52%
  7. Refined petroleum$15 million · 0.51%
  8. Cigarettes and cigars$14 million · 0.48%
  9. Powdered and condensed milk$14 million · 0.46%
  10. Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas)$14 million · 0.46%

If it closes

  • China–Lithuania: +3,514 nautical miles, ≈ 10.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore; the Cape of Good Hope; the Strait of Dover; and the Øresund
  • India–Lithuania: +4,497 nautical miles, ≈ 13.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund
  • South Korea–Lithuania: +3,512 nautical miles, ≈ 10.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore; the Cape of Good Hope; the Strait of Dover; and the Øresund
  • United Arab Emirates–Lithuania: +4,912 nautical miles, ≈ 14.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Strait of Hormuz, the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund
  • Indonesia–Lithuania: +2,780 nautical miles, ≈ 8.5 days more at 14 knots, via the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund

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

Reference ports

Klaipeda (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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