I’m a local and I didn’t realize how much fertilizers were produced by the GCC countries until recently.

https://www.wired.me/story/the-gulf-built-a-fertiliser-superpower-now-its-under-strain

Today, the Gulf accounts for about 29% of globally traded ammonia and 36% of urea –making it one of the most critical nodes in the global food system and, by extension, one of its most exposed.