Not only siege and hunger in the streets: "4,000 trucks stuck at the Iran-Turkey border"

Shipping costs to Iran have soared up to 14-fold, thousands of trucks are stuck at the Iran-Turkey border, and shipments are delayed for months. The supply chain crisis threatens to spike food prices, and chicken consumption is expected to plummet.

Shipping costs to Iran have soared up to 14-fold, and thousands of trucks are stuck at the Iran-Turkey border. According to traders, the cost of shipping a container from China to Iran rose from $2,800 to $13,600, and from Dubai to $14,000. Shipments that used to arrive within a month are now delayed three to four months. The maritime disruptions have led to attempts to divert goods to land routes, but the border crossing between Iran and Turkey can only handle 200-300 trucks per day, and now more than 4,000 trucks are stuck. A former senior official estimates that diverting imports to land routes could incur additional costs of about $18 billion per year. The crisis is harming food security: chicken meat consumption is expected to drop from 25 kg to 20 kg per capita per year.