GCC states ‘face reliance on Saudi Arabia for food imports’

Some Gulf states may have to rely on overland food deliveries from Saudi Arabia if the US-Israel-Iran war continues to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and restrict regional airspace, analysts warned on Thursday. The region is up to 90 percent dependent on food imports, and price surges and scarcity of some goods are expected. “With over 70 percent of GCC foodstuffs being imported through the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf states face shortages if the war persists,” said Neil ​Quilliam of the Chatham House think tank.

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