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

In 2024, an estimated $8.9 billion of Slovakia’s trade passed through the Turkish Straits, 7.3% of its seaborne trade. That is $4.1 billion of exports and $4.8 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are Romania, Turkey and Russia.

Summary

Estimated value
$8.9billion
Of its seaborne trade
7.3%
Exports
$4.1billion
Imports
$4.8billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Slovakia’s estimated trade through the Turkish Straits rose 31% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Slovakia 8.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$599 million7.1%
1996$899 million8.7%
1997$856 million7.7%
1998$758 million5.7%
1999$691 million5.4%
2000$1 billion7%
2001$1.1 billion6.6%
2002$1.2 billion6.2%
2003$1.6 billion6.3%
2004$2 billion6.9%
2005$2.6 billion7.7%
2006$3.6 billion8.2%
2007$4.5 billion8%
2008$6.8 billion9.5%
2009$5 billion9.4%
2010$5.6 billion8.9%
2011$6.1 billion8.2%
2012$5.7 billion7.6%
2013$6.6 billion8.4%
2014$6.3 billion7.9%
2015$5.3 billion7.1%
2016$5.3 billion6.6%
2017$6.1 billion7.2%
2018$6.9 billion7.2%
2019$6.8 billion7%
2020$6.3 billion7%
2021$8.1 billion7.1%
2022$9 billion7.5%
2023$8.5 billion7%
2024$8.9 billion7.3%

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. Slovakia–Romania$3.8 billion · 42.8%
  2. Slovakia–Turkey$2 billion · 22.7%
  3. Slovakia–Russia$1.5 billion · 17.2%
  4. Slovakia–Bulgaria$854 million · 9.6%
  5. Slovakia–Kazakhstan$249 million · 2.8%
  6. Slovakia–Azerbaijan$168 million · 1.9%
  7. Slovakia–Moldova$90 million · 1%
  8. Slovakia–Uzbekistan$69 million · 0.78%
  9. Slovakia–Armenia$52 million · 0.58%
  10. Slovakia–Kyrgyzstan$39 million · 0.44%

What crosses it

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

  1. Cars$1.1 billion · 11.8%
  2. Crude petroleum$858 million · 9.6%
  3. Natural gas and LPG$757 million · 8.5%
  4. Auto parts$691 million · 7.7%
  5. Seats and chairs$315 million · 3.5%
  6. Cables and wire$309 million · 3.5%
  7. New tires$287 million · 3.2%
  8. Air pumps, compressors and fans$212 million · 2.4%
  9. Monitors and projectors$161 million · 1.8%
  10. Bombs, missiles and ammunition$116 million · 1.3%

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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