Trade transit volumes around maritime disruptions in the Red Sea

Millions of metric tons

Note: Bars show total trade transit volumes in million metric tons that pass through the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb (a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa), and the Cape of Good Hope in the first quarter of 2024 (after the Red Sea maritime disruptions) and 2023 (same quarter before the disruption). Data updated on April 4, 2024.
Source: Port Watch, International Monetary Fund. Embed this chart