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

In 2024, an estimated $14.2 billion of Austria’s trade passed through the Turkish Straits, 11.5% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.3 billion of exports and $7.9 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Romania, Turkey and Kazakhstan.

Summary

Estimated value
$14.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
11.5%
Exports
$6.3billion
Imports
$7.9billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Austria’s estimated trade through the Turkish Straits rose 28% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Austria 14.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.2 billion4.1%
1996$1.9 billion5.9%
1997$1.9 billion5.8%
1998$2.1 billion6.3%
1999$2.1 billion6%
2000$2.3 billion6.6%
2001$2.3 billion6.1%
2002$3 billion7.5%
2003$3.6 billion7.7%
2004$4.8 billion8.5%
2005$5.9 billion9.1%
2006$7 billion9.3%
2007$8.9 billion10.1%
2008$10.4 billion10.9%
2009$7.1 billion10.2%
2010$9.1 billion11.4%
2011$10.7 billion11.1%
2012$10.5 billion11.5%
2013$11 billion11.7%
2014$11.3 billion11.5%
2015$8.3 billion9.6%
2016$8 billion9.4%
2017$9.4 billion10.1%
2018$11.5 billion10.8%
2019$11 billion10.4%
2020$9.9 billion10.3%
2021$13.6 billion11.4%
2022$14.3 billion10.9%
2023$14.4 billion11.2%
2024$14.2 billion11.5%

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. Austria–Romania$5.2 billion · 36.9%
  2. Austria–Turkey$3 billion · 21.5%
  3. Austria–Kazakhstan$2.9 billion · 20.4%
  4. Austria–Ukraine$1.2 billion · 8.2%
  5. Austria–Bulgaria$1.1 billion · 7.9%
  6. Austria–Russia$182 million · 1.3%
  7. Austria–Uzbekistan$155 million · 1.1%
  8. Austria–Moldova$119 million · 0.84%
  9. Austria–Azerbaijan$108 million · 0.76%
  10. Austria–Georgia$88 million · 0.62%

What crosses it

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

  1. Crude petroleum$2.8 billion · 19.6%
  2. Cars$695 million · 4.9%
  3. Auto parts$374 million · 2.6%
  4. Cables and wire$335 million · 2.4%
  5. Refined petroleum$288 million · 2%
  6. Iron ore$217 million · 1.5%
  7. Air pumps, compressors and fans$172 million · 1.2%
  8. Soft drinks$169 million · 1.2%
  9. Trucks$163 million · 1.2%
  10. Sports equipment$161 million · 1.1%

Reference ports

Koper (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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