Asia-Pacific maritime trade remains the backbone of global flows
December 4, 2025
This report quantifies the extent to which German imports and exports depend on six major maritime chokepoints: the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, the Strait of Malacca, the Strait of Taiwan, the Suez Canal, and the Panama Canal. Maritime transportation plays a critical role in German trade, with approximately 50 percent of Germanyʼs extra-EU imports and exports […]
