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0 tracked rows on the mapData refreshed 19 October 2026 at 09:27 UTCRefreshes every three hours
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Chokepoint transits

IMF PortWatch · 19 October 2026
Suez Canal
43vessels a day
2026-10-11 · 20 tankers
3 against seven days earlier

Daily AIS line-crossings recorded at the chokepoint. No port-level series is shown for any country.

Merchandise exports, latest year

World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0
United Arab Emirates706,671,000,000 USD 2025
Saudi Arabia310,672,000,000 USD 2025
Qatar88,771,000,000 USD 2025
Kuwait72,073,000,000 USD 2025
Oman55,276,000,000 USD 2025
Egypt, Arab Rep.51,403,000,000 USD 2025
Morocco49,777,000,000 USD 2025
Bahrain26,456,000,000 USD 2025
Jordan14,913,000,000 USD 2025

Latest available year per country; vintages differ, so the year is shown against every value.

Currencies per US dollar

Currency API · 19 October 2026
UAE dirham3.6725Saudi riyal3.75Qatari riyal3.64Kuwaiti dinar0.3105Omani rial0.3847Bahraini dinar0.376Egyptian pound53.4108Jordanian dinar0.709Moroccan dirham9.7451

Gulf currencies are pegged; the row records the rate, not a movement.

The Monitor shows commercial and physical data only. It carries no military, conflict, security or political layer, and no port throughput, call count or utilisation series for any country. Chokepoint level data is transit counts recorded at the strait or canal. See Method.