Chinese supply chain major sets up major warehouse at Jebel Ali

Dubai is in a unique location at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe and this combined with JAFZA’s status as a tax-free zone and established infrastructure for re-export, makes it an ideal asset to serve not only the UAE, but the region overall. It offers a number of synergies and opportunities, including reduced transit times for global and regional distribution and access to fast growing and competitive markets.

JD.com, also known as Jingdong, a technology and service enterprise with supply chain at its core, recently opened its new warehouse in Dubai. The facility represents JD.com’s first asset investment in the country, made through its infrastructure investment and management platform, Jingdong Property, and is operated by Jingdong Logistics. Located in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), the warehouse has a floor area of over 10,000 square metres.

The warehouse brings Jingdong Logistics’ total number of warehouses in the UAE to six and marks JD.com’s first asset investment in the country through its infrastructure investment and management platform, Jingdong Property. Nearly one million items are stored in the new Dubai warehouse, where Jingdong Logistics consistently achieves an outbound in-time rate exceeding 99.9%. With its strategic location, the Middle East holds a pivotal place in JD’s global infrastructure network.