Value of food e-commerce UAE 2020-2023

Since 2020, the retail value of food e-commerce in the United Arab Emirates has continued to Since 2020, the retail value of food e-commerce in the United Arab Emirates has continued to witness growth each subsequent year. The biggest increase in the value of food e-commerce was recorded in 2022 when it jumped by approximately 300 million U.S. dollars over the previous year.Food e-commerce at a glanceFood retail is the fourth largest e-commerce segment in the United Arab Emirates. Food e-commerce refers to food items sold online, whether groceries, packaged food, or ready-to-eat meals, from retailers or restaurants. One of the biggest players in the food e-commerce space in the UAE was Carrefour UAE, which generated over 100 million U.S. dollars in revenue in 2023. The industry has also given rise to food delivery apps such as Talabat, Zomato, Careem (Uber Eats), and Deliveroo. Despite serving the same market, the average order value among the various delivery companies is quite variable.Food self-sufficiency in the UAEThe UAE, like many other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, has been investing heavily in local food production with the hopes of becoming more self-reliant. While the self-sufficiency ratio of many food groups has increased in recent years, others like cereals continue to make up a sizeable portion of the country’s food imports. Cereals also make up the largest share of the food consumption in the UAE. As part of its initiative to produce more of its food needs locally, the country has been partnering with international agricultural research institutions such as Wageningen University in the Netherlands to implement innovative techniques for more efficient farming, including vertical farming and AI-augmented farming.

自2020年起，阿联酋食品电子商务的零售价值持续稳步增长，每年均有显著提升。2022年，食品电子商务的价值增长尤为显著，与前一年相比，其价值增长了约3亿美元。概览食品电子商务：食品零售业是阿联酋电子商务的第四大板块。食品电子商务涵盖了通过在线零售商或餐厅销售的食品，无论是杂货、包装食品还是即食餐点。在阿联酋食品电子商务领域，Carrefour UAE 是最具影响力的企业之一，2023年其收入超过1亿美元。此外，该行业还催生了诸如Talabat、Zomato、Careem（Uber Eats）和Deliveroo等食品配送应用程序。尽管服务于同一市场，但不同配送公司间的平均订单价值差异显著。阿联酋的食品自给自足：与海湾合作委员会的其他许多国家一样，阿联酋一直在加大对本地食品生产的投资，以期实现自给自足。近年来，许多食品类别的自给自足率有所提高，而谷物等食品仍占据国家进口食品的相当一部分。谷物也是阿联酋食品消费的最大份额。作为其增加本地食品生产需求的倡议的一部分，该国一直在与荷兰瓦赫宁根大学等国际农业研究机构合作，实施创新的农业技术，包括垂直农业和人工智能增强农业，以提高农业效率。