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The selloff wiped out a trillion dollars in a single session. By Monday the buying had resumed. Neither move told…
Top 20 Fertiliser Producing Countries
Combined nutrient production across nitrogen, phosphate, and potash Rank Country Production Profile 1 China Dominant across all three nutrients 2…
World’s Top 20 Fertiliser Importers
2024, imports by value Rank Importer 2024 Fertiliser Import Value 1 Brazil $15.02 bn 2 United States $9.37 bn 3…
World’s Top 20 Gas Importers
2024, LNG imports by value. Rank Importer 2024 LNG import value 1 China $44.06 bn 2 Japan $41.18 bn 3…
World’s Top 20 Oil Importers
2024, crude oil imports by value. Rank Importer 2024 Import Value 1 China $325.19 bn 2 European Union $283.46 bn…
Major Maritime Chokepoints / Routes Like the Strait of Hormuz, and Controlling Authorities
Route / Chokepoint Geography Primary Control / Operating Authority Strait of Hormuz Between Iran and Oman Littoral-state control: Iran and…
World’s Top 20 Gas Producers
2024 production, billion cubic metres Rank Country 2024 Gas Production 1 United States 1,033 bcm 2 Russia 629.9 bcm 3…
World’s Top 20 Gas Reserves
Rank Country Proven Gas Reserves 1 Russia about 47 tcm 2 Iran about 34 tcm 3 Qatar about 24 tcm…
World’s Top 20 Oil Producers
2024 production, thousand barrels per day Rank Country 2024 Oil Production 1 United States 20,135 kb/d 2 Saudi Arabia 10,856…