STRAIT OF MALACCA
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An 800-kilometer corridor between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, narrowing to 2.8 kilometers at the Phillips Channel. Roughly 25% of global trade transits annually — including 80% of China's oil imports and 70% of its trade by volume. The single most strategically asymmetric chokepoint on the planet for the PRC.
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Transmission verdict
QUIET
Physical layer quiet. No market or regime transmission signal.
General government gross debt (% GDP) for corridor sovereigns — via DBnomics (no API key). Structural balance-sheet context alongside live disruption signals.
Source: dbnomics:IMF/WEO:latest · as of 2026-06-22
Annual vessel transit baseline for this chokepoint — cargo mix and tanker share from IMF PortWatch. Structural throughput context alongside live OSINT disruption scores.
- Mineral Products
- Chemical & Allied Industries
- Vegetable Products
Source: imf:portwatch · Malacca Strait · dataset 2026-06-22