Saudi Arabia - Change in Customs Regulation
Saudi Arabia customs have issued a new mandate from the 15th of December 2013 stating all consignments with a value exceeding USD 100 must be customs cleared in the name of the Importer of Record (IOR),
You are therefore encouraged to register your organisational activity with Saudi customs and issue the Authorisation Letter (AL) & Commercial Registration (CR) to TNT to avoid any delays in customs clearance. Customers who have already provided the Al & CR to TNT can ignore the below requirements till the time the AL & CR are still valid. If you have provided any one of the below 2 requirements, you need to provide the missing one immediately. Please note the issuance of an AL is required on an annual basis.
Please note that any shipment having an invoice Value of 100 USD or more requires the following documents for TNT to customs clear on behalf of the IOR :
1). An AL addressed to The Customs Manager at King Fahad Causeway, Dhahran...