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How the Middle East crisis is expanding China’s agrochemical influence

South China Morning Post · · 267 words · By Mia Nurmamat
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“China accounts for about a third of global fertiliser production”
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The provided web search results for this claim are generic (Quora, World Fertilizer home page, Earth.Org environmental overview) and do not contain any specific data or statistics regarding China's share of global fertilizer production.
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The latest fertilizer news, industry trends and events from World Fertilizer magazine, including coverage of the potash, nitrogen and ammonia sectors.ATOME PLC has reached the FID for the world’s firs…
https://www.worldfertilizer.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — On track to becoming the world’s largest economy, China’s extremely rapid industrial expansion in recent decades has also contributed to record levels of air and water pollution. Here are five of the …
https://earth.org/environmental-issues-in-china/
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“China also accounts for about 70 per cent of the world’s production capacity for the raw materials used in chemical pesticides, according to research firm IBISWorld.”
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Only one search result explicitly repeats the claim about IBISWorld and the 70% production capacity for pesticide raw materials. The other results discuss HR recruitment and Indian petrochemicals, providing no corroboration.
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web search NEUTRAL — China also accounts for about 70 per cent of the world’s production capacity for the raw materials used in chemical pesticides, according to research firm IBISWorld.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3352366/h…
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web search NEUTRAL — the size of the global HR and recruitment sector is currently $761 billion.
https://www.ibisworld.com/global/market-size/global-hr-recru…
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web search NEUTRAL — * According to a McKinsey report, Chemicals and petrochemicals demand in India is expected to nearly triple and reach US$ 1 trillion by 2040. * Exports of Chemicals and allied Products reached US$ 9,1…
https://www.ibef.org/industry/chemical-industry-india
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“Before the US and Israel began military strikes on Iran at the end of February, about one-third of seaborne fertiliser trade passed through the narrow waterway [Strait of Hormuz], according to the UN.”
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The claim is corroborated by three independent sources: a Wikipedia entry detailing the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis starting February 28, a news report confirming the closure and the one-third trade figure, and a report citing UNCTAD (UN Trade and Development) specifically stating that one-third of global seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — About one-third of global seaborne trade in fertilizers typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been nearly entirely closed since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Februar…
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/fertilizer-ir…
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web search NEUTRAL — One Strait, One Third Of Global Fertilizer Trade. According to a recent analysis from the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), around one third of global seaborne fertilizer trade - approximately 16 mil…
https://www.pws.io/hormuz-turned-fertilizer-into-the-new-sho…
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