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Export readiness for Saudi Arabia

See what your product needs to enter Saudi Arabia: the way through SABER, what you prepare, who does what, and an estimate of time and cost.

Worked out from published official requirements only; every line shows its source and when it was last checked. Where the data falls short it never guesses: it tells you what to ask an expert.

The way in, by industry

Which way a product enters Saudi Arabia in the four industries covered. Check your product's code below for what applies to it.

  • Textiles

    HS chapters 50–63

    Through SABER

  • Furniture

    HS chapter 94

    Through SABER

  • Building materials

    Cement, ceramics, glass, metal, paints and more

    Through SABER

  • Food

    HS chapters 02–22

    Through the SFDA

The official bodies

Three Saudi bodies decide whether a product may enter. Birlesa is not affiliated with any of them.

SASO · Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization
Sets the technical regulations most industrial products must meet, and accepts the conformity assessment bodies that certify them.
Official site: www.saso.gov.sa (opens in a new tab)
SABER · SASO's online conformity platform
Where products are registered and their product certificates (PCoC) and shipment certificates (SCoC) are issued; the Saudi importer files, not the exporter.
Official site: saber.sa (opens in a new tab)
SFDA · Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Registers food importers and products and clears each food shipment at customs; food does not go through SABER.
Official site: www.sfda.gov.sa (opens in a new tab)

Your product

If you know the code, type all 12 digits. If not, describe the product and we show the closest lines of the tariff.

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The answer for Saudi Arabia is ready.

The answer for Saudi Arabia

GTİP line checked

3926.10.00.00.00

Office or school supplies, of plastics, n.e.s.

Official Turkish title: Plastikten okul ve büro malzemeleri

HS 3926.10Code page

Ask an expert

The way in is not settled

The published requirements do not settle this product's way in. Instead of a guess, you'll find below what to ask an expert.

Is this product regulated? The data cannot say yet

Ask an expert

Put these questions to your customs broker or a SASO expert; their answers settle your way in:

  1. Does it need a product certificate, or is the importer's declaration of conformity enough?
  2. Which documents should I prepare for this product? We have no readiness checklist for its industry yet.

Meanwhile

The way into Saudi Arabia

  1. Through SABER

    SASO's product conformity platform: product and shipment certificates are issued there, and the Saudi importer applies.

  2. A shipment certificate (SCoC) for each shipment

    Once the product certificate or the declaration is in place, it is issued in SABER for every shipment.

The requirements behind it

Every published requirement, with its official source and when it was last checked.

  • MandatoryDocument

    12-digit Saudi customs tariff code

    Chapter 39

    Details

    Saudi customs (ZATCA) has applied the GCC integrated customs tariff at the 12-digit level since 1 January 2025 and publishes amendments to it: for example Ministerial Resolution 1447-88-5 (5/5/1447 H) created, deleted and amended lines, with new lines for sweetened beverages applied from 1 January 2026. Your Saudi importer declares the 12-digit code in Fasah and registers the product in SABER by its HS code. Agree the right 12-digit Saudi line with your importer or customs broker.

  • MandatoryDocument

    Product Safety Law: duties of the manufacturer and importer

    Chapter 39

    Details

    The Product Safety Law (Royal Decree M/36 of 29/1/1446 H, 4 August 2024) and its implementing regulations (SASO Board, 15 November 2024) oblige manufacturers, authorised representatives and importers to place only safe products that meet the technical regulations, to assess risks, to give consumers information on hazards that are not obvious, to put their name and contact details on the product, to provide evidence of safety on request, and to keep traceability. Where no technical regulation applies, a product should conform to the relevant Saudi, regional or international standards. Summary of SASO's guidance manual (not binding) and of SASO's circular to SABER users citing article 11 of the Law and article 19 of its regulations.

  • MandatoryDocument

    For every shipment: SABER shipment certificate and customs documents

    Chapter 39

    Details

    For every shipment your Saudi importer issues a shipment certificate (SCoC) in SABER, after the product has a registered certificate of conformity (regulated products) or a self-declaration (other products), when the goods are ready and invoiced and before shipping; since 1 October 2025 it must be issued before the customs declaration. It needs the invoice data (date, number, total, currency, supplier) and, per model, the quantity, unit price and barcode. SABER's fee is 350 SAR without VAT; SABER's service card states 90 days' validity and 1-2 working days (estimate). Only businesses with a Saudi commercial registration use SABER's commercial track, and a certificate cannot be used by more than one importer. The importer also files the customs declaration in Fasah at least 48 hours before arrival, with the commercial invoice, the bill of lading and a certificate of origin (not needed when the origin is clearly established).

  • MandatoryLabel

    Commercial data in Arabic on each unit (Commercial Data Law)

    Chapter 39

    Details

    The Commercial Data Law requires commercial data to be at least in Arabic and true. Its implementing regulations oblige the producer or importer to write the mandatory data on each unit, on the unit's package and on any container holding more than one unit, in a way that is hard to remove: number, quantity, size, measure, capacity, weight, price, and production and expiry dates; the place or country of manufacture or production; the components; and the name of the product or its manufacturer. For goods related to human, animal or environmental health, the components statement must also say whether the product is genetically modified, contains hazardous substances and how hazardous, or is irradiated. Other languages may be added; the Arabic text prevails. Importing or selling products without the mandatory data is prohibited. Technical regulations add product-specific label rules.

This is a suggestion; have your customs broker confirm it before any official step.

Your readiness file

No readiness checklist covers this product yet

Checklists cover textiles, furniture, food and building materials for now. Ask an expert what this product needs; the sources above are a good start.

Next steps

How does selling to Saudi Arabia work?

Most industrial products entering Saudi Arabia go through SABER, the platform of SASO (the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization), while food goes through the SFDA. For one product the steps are roughly these:

  1. Registration in SABER

    The Saudi importer registers the product in SABER; the conformity of products technical regulations cover is documented there.

  2. Product certificate (PCoC)

    A product a SASO technical regulation covers takes a product certificate from a conformity assessment body SASO accepts. Without a regulation, the importer's declaration of conformity may be enough.

  3. Shipment certificate (SCoC)

    Each shipment takes its own shipment certificate in SABER; customs asks for it.

  4. The 12-digit Saudi tariff line

    SABER knows a product by Saudi Arabia's 12-digit tariff line. Start from Türkiye's GTİP line and confirm the Saudi line with your importer or customs broker.

  5. An Arabic label

    Label and packaging information must be in Arabic; a missing or wrong label is one of the most common reasons shipments are stopped and sent back.

  6. Food: the SFDA

    Food enters through the SFDA's registration and customs clearance instead of SABER; products of animal origin need more, such as a health certificate from Türkiye's competent authority.

What does this tool rest on?

  • Published requirements only

    The answer is worked out from requirements recorded from the official texts of SASO, the SFDA and Saudi law and then published; it is not an AI's guess.

  • A source for every line

    Every requirement shows a link to its official source and the date a person last checked it.

  • An estimate that says so

    Time and cost are added up from published amounts only and always marked as an estimate; items no source gives are never guessed, and are listed apart.

  • An expert where it is unclear

    When a product falls under several regulations or data is missing, the tool does not guess: it tells you what to ask an expert.

  • Nothing is sent

    Your readiness file stays in your organization; no document or draft is sent to anyone without your approval.

Scope for now

Readiness checklists are ready for four industries for now: textiles, furniture, food and building materials. As requirements are published, answers update by themselves.

This is a suggestion; have your customs broker confirm it before any official filing.

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