Sources: European chip importers are tapping backup stores and paying higher air freight costs as the US-led Iran war disrupts Middle Eastern cargo routes (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC:Sources: European chip importers are tapping backup stores and paying higher air freight costs as the US-led Iran war disrupts Middle Eastern cargo routes  —  European companies that import semiconductors from Asia are tapping into backup stores and paying more for deliveries …