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Strengthening the evidence base around the importance of chokepoints to food security, and enhancing understanding of the nature and severity of disruptive hazards, are key first steps in the translation of chokepoint analysis into policy. [...] Chapter 6 draws conclusions on the importance of food trade chokepoints, the relevance of robust risk management policies and international cooperation, and the implications of inaction for food security in the near and long term. [...] See Box 3 and Annex 1. 11 | Chatham House % share of global exports Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade Chokepoints in Global Food Trade At an aggregate level, the Panama Canal and the Strait of Malacca, two of the key gateways linking Western and Asian markets, see the most significant annual throughput of the four strategic crops. [...] A high proportion of potassium chloride – the most heavily traded fertilizer – transits maritime chokepoints: 25 per cent passes through the Strait of Gibraltar; 32 per cent through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab al-Mandab; and 25 per cent through the Strait of Malacca. [...] For example: • Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt lie on the Mediterranean Sea, sandwiched between the Strait of Gibraltar to the west and the Suez Canal and Strait of Bab al-Mandab to the east.