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Shipping to Saudi Arabia (KSA): what is not allowed

Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and beyond) enforces strict religious and product-conformity rules. Personal parcels are common but must avoid prohibited goods.

Not accepted for Saudi Arabia (KSA)

  • Alcohol and pork products
  • Non-Islamic religious items, idols, and imagery
  • Pornographic and religiously/politically sensitive material
  • Narcotics and controlled substances
  • Non-Islamic celebration items (often refused)

Allowed, with conditions

  • Medicines — prescription required; controlled medicines need Saudi FDA (SFDA) approval
  • Food — packaged, sealed and halal; declare contents
  • Cosmetics and supplements — subject to SFDA rules
  • Commercial goods — may need a SABER/SASO conformity certificate

Customs duty is commonly around 5% of value (higher on some categories).

Commercial shipments require SABER registration; declare contents accurately.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines and by Indian export rules, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it. We would much rather answer a question than tell you a parcel is stuck.

Rules for other destinations