Market Analysis

A container of packaged dairy or canned goods sits at Umm Qasr for days while paperwork clears. Another shipment of snacks reaches Bagh...

Most foreign manufacturers begin their UAE market-entry calculation the same way. They take the CIF value, add the standard 5 percent c...

A sudden break in commercial and financial relations between the United Arab Emirates and Iran would remove one of the most efficient r...

A wave of social media posts and informal commentary recently claimed the UAE economy had entered a danger zone, citing an IMF report t...

Abu Dhabi’s HELM cluster is targeting more than AED 42 billion in investment and around 30,000 jobs by 2045. Saudi Arabia’s National Bi...

Warehouse fires, disrupted energy nodes, and damaged storage capacity do not remain local problems for long. When bulk fuel tanks, cold...

In July 2026, two data points landed with unusual force on energy and logistics desks across the Gulf. UAE crude loadings through the S...

A mid-sized green coffee importer in the Gulf clears a container of unroasted beans at a major European port in early 2027. The paperwo...

China shipped 5.31 million vehicles in the first half of 2026, a 53 percent year-on-year jump. Russia led with 448,157 units, followed ...

A container of Indian Alphonso mangoes clears customs in Jebel Ali within 48 hours of harvest. Across the Gulf, supermarket buyers rest...