Future Outlook of KSA Cold Chain Market: Ken Research

Rising domestic consumption of meat, increasing seafood exports, rising retail spending, growth of dairy industry, and increasing pharmaceutical imports led to the growth of the Cold Chain Market in KSA.

KSA Cold Chain Market Overview: The Cold Chain Market in KSA is currently at the growth stage and is highly fragmented and is home to 100+ cold transportation & storage players. The market has been driven by rising domestic consumption of meat, increasing seafood exports, rising retail spending, growth of dairy industry, changing lifestyle and societal norms, increasing pharmaceutical imports, rising hygiene and safety concerns and infrastructure development. The KSA Cold Chain Market took a leap from a growth rate of 10.5% in 2018 to a growth rate of 11.5% in 2022P due to the growing consumption needs of the people. Due to the increase in demand for perishables, the cold chain market in KSA has significantly grown.

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Government Initiatives: As part of its Vision 2030 strategy, the KSA government wants to transform the country’s ports into modern seaports and turn the country into a global logistics hub. The KSA government is investing heavily in the vast development of the nation’s transportation networks in order to increase freight income over the long term. This is being driven by economic growth, rising population, and rapid urbanization. By 2024, an additional 10,000 km of rail line will be added, and multimodal hubs will be built to meet the demand for road-rail and sea-air connectivity.

Challenges Faced by KSA Cold Chain Market: The Cold Chain Industry in Saudi Arabia faces challenges due to the concentration of cold chain facilities in the cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. All the products are transported to different regions in the country from the cold storage warehouses located in these cities which act as distribution centers. This causes delays in the process as it increases the time for cold transport. Cooler and freezer doors that are damaged are one of the most common problems cold storage facilities face. Due to extreme weather conditions, moving cold chain commodities within KSA always bears a higher risk. Transportation in KSA is exposed to very high freight cost in comparison to other SEA countries which is even higher for Cold transportation.

Development in the Cold Storage Industry in KSA: Many cold chain operators are expected to expand their operations and establish many new cold storage warehouses to cater to the large and rising demand for refrigerated storage, providing a significant boost to KSA cold storage industry. The Cold Storage Industry in KSA is experiencing a new wave of technological development which is essential for end users of cold storage services and for the organic growth of cold storage companies.

Analysts at Ken Research in their latest publication “KSA Cold Chain Market Outlook to 2027F– Driven By Increase in Retail Spending, Government Initiatives and Infrastructural Development” by Ken Research observed that KSA Cold Chain Market is in the growing phase. Rising domestic consumption of meat, increasing seafood exports, rising retail spending and infrastructure development are some of the factors that will contribute to the KSA Cold Chain Market growth over the period of 2022P-2027F. It is expected that KSA Cold Chain Market will grow at a CAGR of 15.1% for the above forecasted period.

Key Segments Covered

KSA Cold Chain Market:

By Cold Storage and Cold Transport

By Ownership