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How much of Armenia’s trade passes through the Turkish Straits?

In 2024, an estimated $8 billion of Armenia’s trade passed through the Turkish Straits, 83.7% of its seaborne trade. That is $2.7 billion of exports and $5.3 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Russia, China and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$8billion
Of its seaborne trade
83.7%
Exports
$2.7billion
Imports
$5.3billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Armenia’s estimated trade through the Turkish Straits rose 74% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Armenia 8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$171 million97.4%
1996$297 million78.3%
1997$646 million83.7%
1998$406 million84.9%
1999$688 million89.9%
2000$582 million87.8%
2001$632 million85.1%
2002$541 million74.8%
2003$736 million81.2%
2004$965 million83.1%
2005$1.2 billion80.7%
2006$1.4 billion74.8%
2007$1.8 billion66.1%
2008$2.5 billion73.3%
2009$2 billion74.9%
2010$2.3 billion73%
2011$2.8 billion74.7%
2012$3.1 billion77%
2013$3.1 billion77%
2014$3.1 billion80.2%
2015$2.6 billion79.7%
2016$2.7 billion78.3%
2017$3.5 billion78.4%
2018$4.1 billion80.2%
2019$4.6 billion81.7%
2020$4 billion81.1%
2021$4.9 billion80.8%
2022$7.5 billion82.6%
2023$9.1 billion84.4%
2024$8 billion83.7%

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. Armenia–Russia$2.6 billion · 32.5%
  2. Armenia–China$1.8 billion · 22.9%
  3. Armenia–Germany$326 million · 4.1%
  4. Armenia–Iraq$225 million · 2.8%
  5. Armenia–Italy$211 million · 2.6%
  6. Armenia–Netherlands$192 million · 2.4%
  7. Armenia–Egypt$184 million · 2.3%
  8. Armenia–United States$168 million · 2.1%
  9. Armenia–Belgium$156 million · 2%
  10. Armenia–Switzerland$124 million · 1.6%

What crosses it

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

  1. Copper ore$468 million · 5.9%
  2. Cigarettes and cigars$341 million · 4.3%
  3. Monitors and projectors$329 million · 4.1%
  4. Natural gas and LPG$327 million · 4.1%
  5. Cars$296 million · 3.7%
  6. Refined petroleum$291 million · 3.7%
  7. Spirits$268 million · 3.4%
  8. Molybdenum ore$231 million · 2.9%
  9. Ferroalloys$194 million · 2.4%
  10. Computer and office machine parts$152 million · 1.9%

Reference ports

Batumi (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.

The Bosporus and the Dardanelles are counted together: they are the two gates between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

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