Dubai Keeps Shelves Stocked Even as War Disrupts Food Shipments
The UAE imports about 90% of what it eats and cargoes of Indian rice, Australian meat and Indonesian coffee have been snarled up.
The Japanese restaurant inside the five-star hotel overlooking Dubai’s skyline has got enough frozen fish in storage for sushi for a while yet, its manager says. But its most important weekly delivery just stopped and there’s no sense of when it will resume.
Shelves in supermarkets remain stocked as the food industry leans on the same logistics networks that worked during the pandemic and floods in 2024. But some shipments are having to be rerouted, flown or trucked in, while the United Arab Emirates government has sought to reassure residents there are enough reserves to last for several months and is monitoring prices.