In 2023, the entire worth of the EU’s imported and exported items transported by sea to non-EU nations was €2,406.3 billion, up from €810.2 billion 20 years earlier.
Sea transportation represented 47.4% of the worth of products traded between the EU and non-EU nations. Particularly, it accounted for 43.9% of the EU’s exports and 51.0% of its imports.
Measured in worth, air transportation accounted for 26.2% of the EU’s exports and 17.4% of its imports whereas street transportation made up 24.1% of exports and 18.7% of imports. Rail transportation had a a lot smaller share, contributing simply 1.5% to exports and 1.3% to imports.
Supply dataset: DS-058213
The share of imported items transported by sea rose by 9.0 proportion factors (pp) between 2002 and 2023, whereas using sea transportation for EU exports went up by 4.3 pp.
For air transportation, the share of imported items declined by 3.6 pp however rose barely for exports (+0.4 pp).
The share of products transported by street elevated by 1.0 pp for imports and 0.1 pp for exports. In the meantime, imports and exports by different modes of transport, akin to pipelines, decreased by 3.9 pp and 4.5 pp, respectively.
This information article marks World Maritime Day on 26 September.
For extra data
- Statistics Defined article on worldwide commerce in items by mode of transport
- Thematic part on commerce in items
- Database on commerce in items
Methodological be aware
The class ‘different’ talked about within the graph consists of submit, fastened mechanism (together with pipelines), inland waterway, self-propulsion and unknown.