{"id":149993,"date":"2026-04-20T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149993"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:06:21","slug":"chinas-trade-with-iran-gulf-states-plunges-as-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-hits-energy-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149993","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s trade with Iran, Gulf states plunges as Strait of Hormuz crisis hits energy flows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s trade with Iran and Gulf countries fell sharply in March as restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz tightened amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.<br \/>\nNewly released data by Chinese customs showed imports from Iran plunged 48 per cent year on year last month, while exports to the country dropped 90 per cent.<br \/>\nAcross the broader Middle East, exports to eight Persian Gulf economies \u2013 including Saudi Arabia and Qatar \u2013 fell by 57 per cent, while imports declined by nearly 33 per cent.<br \/>\nThe disruption&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3350703\/chinas-trade-iran-gulf-states-plunges-strait-hormuz-crisis-hits-energy-flows?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s trade with Iran and Gulf countries fell sharply in March as restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz tightened amid the US-Israeli war on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149993"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}