About MENA Trade Monitor
Applies to MENA Trade Monitor. Last reviewed 3 September 2026.
MENA Trade Monitor is published by Arabian Media Network, an English-language network of business and data publications covering the Middle East and North Africa. The running public record of what Middle East trade chokepoints are costing, in numbers, updated weekly.
What we cover
The title works in 5 areas:
- Chokepoint status
- Cost of disruption
- Sanctions and designations
- Exposure mapping
- Substitution corridors
The dataset
The core of MENA Trade Monitor is The Chokepoint Board, a maintained, versioned public dataset. Every value in it links to the page that states it, every change is recorded as a revision, and the full table can be downloaded as CSV. Articles are the daily coverage layer that feeds and cites the dataset. See Method for how it is verified.
Desks
Coverage is organised by desk. The desk is the byline: no individual is named on any page of this title, and the publisher is Arabian Media Network.
- Exposure Desk: Who is exposed to a disruption today, in numbers
- Sanctions and Risk Desk: Designations, restrictions and counterparty exposure
- Chokepoint Watch: Straits, canals and corridors under pressure, in numbers
- Disruption Desk: Live disruption to regional trade flows and what it costs
Scope and limits
The title reports commercial and business facts with sources. It does not publish political commentary, does not evaluate governments or officials, and does not characterise named companies. Where a story cannot be reported neutrally from sourced facts, it is not published. The full rules are in the editorial policy.
Commercial independence
MENA Trade Monitor carries no advertising, no sponsored content, no paid placement and no subscription. Nothing on the title is paid for by a third party.
Contact
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