Global Food and Fertilizer Supply

The Iran war’s threat to shut the Strait of Hormuz risks disrupting shipments not only of oil but of a wide range of industrial commodities—petrochemicals, fertilizers, sulfur and helium—that are vital to global agriculture and food production. The International Energy Agency warned damage to about 40 energy assets across nine countries has already interrupted these supply chains, turning a Hormuz closure into a broader industrial‑commodity choke point that could sharply tighten fertilizer supplies and threaten food security worldwide.