Country monitor

A country view of route dependence, reserve cover, and downstream transmission.

Each country profile uses the same component system: headline exposure, structural buffers, agricultural sensitivity, industrial-gas risk, and related commodities.

East Asia

China

China’s direct Hormuz crude intake remains significant, but state buffers and diversified long-haul procurement reduce immediate panic risk.

South Asia

India

India carries one of the highest combined energy and fertilizer sensitivities, with procurement pressure most acute in urea and LNG-linked feedstocks.

East Asia

Japan

Japan’s route dependence remains extremely high, though strategic stocks materially dampen the first-order supply shock.

East Asia

South Korea

South Korea’s industrial base creates outsized helium and petrochemical sensitivity even where reserve cover is stronger than spot markets imply.

Southeast Asia

Singapore

Singapore’s refining and trading role creates market-sensitive exposure even when direct end-use vulnerability is lower than regional peers.

Europe

European Union

The EU’s direct Hormuz exposure is modest, but fertilizer input prices and industrial gas procurement remain important transmission channels.

North America

United States

The United States is better insulated on direct physical supply, but price spillovers into global refined products and fertilizers still register quickly.