La Croix: 80% of the hydrocarbons that passed through the Strait of Hormuz before the war were destined for Asia. How is the continent affected?
Marianne Péron-Doise: The impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz varies greatly depending on the country, depending on their institutional capacity to organize, the extent of their strategic reserves and their dependence on fossil fuels, without forgetting of course the sensitive issue of fertilizers, necessary for the cultivation of rice in Asia. China, Japan and South Korea are thus managing, for the moment, to absorb the shock. In South-East Asia, the impact of rising prices was quickly felt on the daily lives of people. Most countries have thus adopted various rationing or energy saving measures, the Philippines have declared a state of energy emergency, others have strongly encouraged teleworking like in Thailand and Vietnam, Indonesia, which produces oil, quickly restricted its exports… And in these countries, the situation tends to worsen in the transport or fishing sectors, which are very dependent on the increase in fuel prices.
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