# Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade

> A Chatham House report says policymakers must act now to reduce the risk of severe disruption at key ports, straits and inland transport routes carrying maize, wheat, rice and soybeans. It notes that three crops supply about 60 percent of food energy and soybeans supply 65 percent of global protein feed.

- Date: 2017-06-27 · published 2017-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70334-chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-in-global-food-trade
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The report underscores structural vulnerability in the transport networks that move feed grains and protein meal, which supports a risk premium in freight and could amplify price spikes during any disruption.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-27 | [‘Chokepoints’ in the Global Food Trade: Five Things You Should Know \| Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70333-chokepoints-in-the-global-food-trade-five-things-you-should-know-chatham-house.md) | +3.2% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-10 | [Explainer: Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14439-explainer-can-ukraine-s-grain-deal-ease-the-global-food-crisis.md) | +1.3% | -8.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-10 | [Inside a frantic race to get Ukrainian corn and wheat to world markets  - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14506-inside-a-frantic-race-to-get-ukrainian-corn-and-wheat-to-world-markets-the.md) | -3.3% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-12 | [Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68948-winter-wheat-moving-again-to-gulf-coast-export-facilities-ap-news.md) | +1.0% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-17 | [Ukraine’s trade in 2024: restoration of logistical routes \| OSW Centre for Eastern Studies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14237-ukraine-s-trade-in-2024-restoration-of-logistical-routes-osw-centre-for-eastern.md) | +0.3% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2017-06-27 | [‘Chokepoints’ in the Global Food Trade: Five Things You Should Know \| Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70333-chokepoints-in-the-global-food-trade-five-things-you-should-know-chatham-house.md) | +4.8% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-11-10 | [Explainer: Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14439-explainer-can-ukraine-s-grain-deal-ease-the-global-food-crisis.md) | +1.8% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2024-04-03 | [Chaos At Shipping Chokepoints \| Potato Grower Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30626-chaos-at-shipping-chokepoints-potato-grower-magazine.md) | -0.7% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- chathamhouse.org: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2017/06/chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade
- chathamhouse.org: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2017/06/chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade-0/2-chokepoints-global-food-trade
- chathamhouse.org: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2017/06/chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade-0/executive-summary

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