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

In 2024, an estimated $11.2 billion of Georgia’s trade passed through the Turkish Straits, 80.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $1.7 billion of exports and $9.5 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are the United States, China and Germany.

Summary

Estimated value
$11.2billion
Of its seaborne trade
80.4%
Exports
$1.7billion
Imports
$9.5billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Georgia’s estimated trade through the Turkish Straits rose 80% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Georgia 11.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$235 million66.2%
1996$514 million56.4%
1997$618 million70.9%
1998$641 million75.8%
1999$583 million74.4%
2000$660 million68.1%
2001$726 million73.6%
2002$728 million72.3%
2003$1.2 billion73.3%
2004$1.7 billion71.7%
2005$1.9 billion68.7%
2006$2.7 billion74.1%
2007$3.2 billion71.7%
2008$3.6 billion68.8%
2009$2.3 billion66.5%
2010$3.4 billion67.8%
2011$4.4 billion68.5%
2012$4.5 billion69.4%
2013$4.2 billion66.1%
2014$5.1 billion70.9%
2015$4.4 billion73.1%
2016$4.4 billion74.2%
2017$4.9 billion72.8%
2018$5.7 billion72.2%
2019$6.2 billion73.3%
2020$5.3 billion71.8%
2021$6.6 billion72.7%
2022$9.5 billion76.4%
2023$10.4 billion79.8%
2024$11.2 billion80.4%

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. Georgia–United States$2.1 billion · 19.2%
  2. Georgia–China$1.8 billion · 16.2%
  3. Georgia–Germany$1.1 billion · 10%
  4. Georgia–Russia$925 million · 8.3%
  5. Georgia–Japan$559 million · 5%
  6. Georgia–Italy$373 million · 3.3%
  7. Georgia–Poland$370 million · 3.3%
  8. Georgia–Iran$318 million · 2.8%
  9. Georgia–United Kingdom$259 million · 2.3%
  10. Georgia–India$255 million · 2.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$3.4 billion · 30.4%
  2. Refined petroleum$725 million · 6.5%
  3. Trucks$264 million · 2.4%
  4. Precious metal ore$189 million · 1.7%
  5. Ferroalloys$166 million · 1.5%
  6. Steel bars$160 million · 1.4%
  7. Nitrogen fertilizers$135 million · 1.2%
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$125 million · 1.1%
  9. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$111 million · 0.99%
  10. Poultry meat$103 million · 0.92%

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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