physical inspection: below are the numbers that actually matter in Saudi practice — rates, transit times, paperwork — with Modjo ready to run it end to end.
The rules of the lane: Certify before shipping, never after: a container arriving while certificates are 'in progress' pays port storage for every day of that progress.
Regulated products enter Saudi Arabia only with conformity certificates issued through SABER: a Product Certificate (PCoC, valid 12 months, indicatively $300–1,500) plus a Shipment Certificate (SCoC) per consignment issued in 1–3 days. SASO writes the technical regulations; food, cosmetics and medical devices go through SFDA instead.
This is what physical inspection looks like when it is run properly.
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The Saudi conformity certificate pair — product certificate (12 months) plus per-shipment certificate — required for regulated goods to clear customs.
With valid test reports, the product certificate takes about 1–2 weeks and each shipment certificate 1–3 days.