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

In 2024, an estimated $28.6 billion of Uzbekistan’s trade passed through the Turkish Straits, 81.4% of its seaborne trade. That is $6.6 billion of exports and $22 billion of imports. The partners with the most trade through it are China, Russia and South Korea.

Summary

Estimated value
$28.6billion
Of its seaborne trade
81.4%
Exports
$6.6billion
Imports
$22billion

Trend

Estimated value per year

Uzbekistan’s estimated trade through the Turkish Straits rose 65% between 2019 and 2024

Value in USD billions

  • Uzbekistan 28.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearEstimated valueOf its seaborne trade
1995$1.9 billion90.8%
1996$4.1 billion79.1%
1997$4.1 billion77.8%
1998$2.9 billion79.9%
1999$2.3 billion81.9%
2000$2.2 billion74.9%
2001$2.4 billion76.8%
2002$2.1 billion80.4%
2003$2.5 billion76.8%
2004$3.4 billion78.5%
2005$4 billion75.4%
2006$4.7 billion68.8%
2007$6 billion67.8%
2008$7.1 billion60.3%
2009$6.1 billion63.3%
2010$7.1 billion74.6%
2011$7.9 billion69.8%
2012$8.6 billion74.9%
2013$11.2 billion78.4%
2014$10.2 billion77.3%
2015$8.2 billion77.9%
2016$7.7 billion76.5%
2017$11.1 billion77.7%
2018$15.2 billion79%
2019$17.3 billion79%
2020$14.6 billion77.8%
2021$17 billion73.7%
2022$22 billion77.7%
2023$29.4 billion82.2%
2024$28.6 billion81.4%

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. Uzbekistan–China$11.1 billion · 38.7%
  2. Uzbekistan–Russia$7 billion · 24.4%
  3. Uzbekistan–South Korea$1.7 billion · 6%
  4. Uzbekistan–India$782 million · 2.7%
  5. Uzbekistan–Brazil$772 million · 2.7%
  6. Uzbekistan–Germany$694 million · 2.4%
  7. Uzbekistan–Belarus$658 million · 2.3%
  8. Uzbekistan–Lithuania$447 million · 1.6%
  9. Uzbekistan–Saudi Arabia$425 million · 1.5%
  10. Uzbekistan–Iran$382 million · 1.3%

What crosses it

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$1.4 billion · 4.8%
  2. Cars$1.3 billion · 4.5%
  3. Auto parts$1.2 billion · 4.4%
  4. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 4.2%
  5. Cotton yarn$789 million · 2.8%
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$577 million · 2%
  7. Refined copper$536 million · 1.9%
  8. Potash fertilizers$516 million · 1.8%
  9. Copper wire$464 million · 1.6%
  10. Sorting and crushing machines$390 million · 1.4%

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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