choke point

plural choke points

1. alternativeAlternative form of chokepoint.

   Other challenges include the ongoing disruption and choke points in the global container market, which have created an imbalance in the supply and demand for goods.

   2022 March 9, Stefan Rose, “Supporting rail freight growth”, in RAIL, number 952, page 34

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   The benchmark price for ammonium paratungstate – the white crystalline powder that is the standard intermediate stage that virtually all mined tungsten passes through before being refined into metal, carbide cutting tools, or missile-grade alloys – has risen 716% in a year. The price chart looks almost vertical. Russia, meanwhile, controls 46% of global uranium-enrichment capacity, a choke point that Western utilities are only now starting to engineer around.

   2026 May 22, Nick Lawson, “How to invest in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan sits on one of the most extraordinary resource endowments on Earth. Should investors cash in?”, in MoneyWeek