The escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East is now affecting the global snack food industry, with a leading Japanese snack maker, Calbee, taking extraordinary measures to conserve petroleum-related materials due to the disruption in the strategic shipping lane during the ongoing tensions between Iran, the US, and Israel.
Konflik yang terus memuncak di Timur Tengah kini mula memberi kesan luar jangka kepada industri makanan ringan global apabila pengeluar snek terkenal Jepun, Calbee, terpaksa menukar pembungkusan beberapa produk popularnya kepada versi hitam putih demi menjimatkan penggunaan bahan berkaitan petroleum, langkah luar biasa itu dibuat susulan gangguan operasi perkapalan di Selat Hormuz yang menjadi laluan utama perdagangan minyak dunia, selepas ketegangan melibatkan Iran, Amerika Syarikat dan Israel kembali memuncak.
Walaupun gencatan senjata diumumkan pada awal April lalu, rundingan damai masih gagal mencapai kata sepakat menyebabkan laluan strategik itu kembali dikawal ketat dan hanya beberapa kapal dibenarkan melalui kawasan berkenaan. Keadaan itu menjejaskan bekalan bahan mentah berkaitan petroleum termasuk nafta yang digunakan dalam proses pembuatan dakwat percetakan pembungkusan makanan.
Akibatnya, Calbee mengumumkan bahawa sebanyak 14 produk keluarannya termasuk kerepek ikonik Potato Chips dan Kappa Ebisen akan menggunakan pembungkusan monokrom bermula 25 Mei ini"Pembungkusan untuk menjimatkan bahan berkaitan petroleum"Menurut Calbee, keputusan memudahkan reka bentuk pembungkusan dibuat bagi memastikan bekalan produk kekal stabil walaupun rantaian bekalan global sedang tertekan akibat risiko geopolitik. Difahamkan, sebelum pengumuman dibuat, wakil syarikat turut mengadakan pertemuan dengan kementerian pertanian di Jepun bagi membincangkan isu bekalan bahan mentah berkaitan petroleum.
Dalam perkembangan sama, syarikat pengeluar makanan lain termasuk Itoham Yonekyu Holdings dilaporkan sedang mempertimbangkan langkah sama dengan memudahkan reka bentuk pembungkusan produk mereka Kumpulan industri yang mewakili pengeluar pembungkusan makanan dan dakwat percetakan pula memaklumkan beberapa ahlinya sudah mula mengehadkan bekalan serta menangguhkan penghantaran susulan lonjakan kos bahan mentah global. Situasi itu sekali lagi menunjukkan bagaimana konflik geopolitik di Timur Tengah bukan sahaja memberi kesan kepada pasaran minyak dunia, malah kini mula meresap sehingga ke industri makanan ringan dan barangan pengguna harian di Asia.
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