Saudi Arabia is the Gulf market where the paperwork, not the price, decides the arrival. Tyres clear against a SASO shipment certificate, and that certificate can only be raised on a product certificate that is already valid for the family you are importing. We get that order right before the booking: PC first, SC per container, and the passenger-tyre efficiency label checked on every PCR load.
Tyres are a regulated product under SASO, so the PC is raised on SABER against the family and the factory. It has to be valid on the day the shipment certificate is requested — that is the day the invoice is final, not the day the vessel sails.
Invoice, packing list and bill of lading have to agree on the size and pattern list. A pattern that appears on one document and not the other is the usual reason a load sits at Jeddah.
PCR and SUV sizes carry the SASO energy-efficiency label. The registration we hold is shown on the certificates page exactly as issued, with its dates, so you can check it against your own product list before quoting your customer.
The certificate of origin is legalised for Saudi Arabia, and the Arabic sidewall and label information your distributor needs at clearance goes out with the document set rather than after the vessel.
The sizes below are the ones that move most often in this market. Each one links to the patterns we can quote in it; a size that is not listed is still worth asking about, because the library runs to several hundred and the list moves with production.
Jeddah and King Abdullah Port take most of the volume; Dammam carries the eastern side, and Riyadh moves in a dry container, so the load has to survive a road leg as well as a sea leg. One 20GP opens the order. From there the load is built to the sizes that actually move in your market, and the loading date is agreed with you before the tyres are pressed.
Ports: Jeddah · King Abdullah Port · Dammam
We hold the SASO energy-efficiency registration for passenger tyres shown on the certificates page. The product certificate for a truck, OTR or agricultural family is raised against the factory when an order is confirmed, because it is tied to the exact family and size range you import — a certificate for one family does not cover another.
Two to four working days once the PC is valid and the invoice is final. We send the draft invoice before loading so the SC is raised in parallel with the container instead of after it.
Yes. The SC is issued to the importer of record and the PC stays with the factory. Send the company name exactly as registered, with the CR number, and we match it character for character — a trading name instead of the registered name is enough to stop a clearance.
A pattern list that does not match the invoice, or a product certificate that expired between order and shipment. Both are checked here before the container is loaded, not on arrival.
Tell us the size, the pattern reference if you have one, the quantity and the destination port. We reply within one working day with availability, container loading and price.