China to Riyadh Air Freight (Furniture)

China → Saudi Arabia Heavy Cargo – Class A Furniture

Air freight from China to Saudi Arabia, quoted per KG. This is a commercial freight service for cargo moving in volume, not a parcel channel — the rate card below starts where courier pricing stops making sense.

Cargo on this service moves through JED (Jeddah), RUH (Riyadh) and DMM. Clearance happens at the arrival airport, so an inland consignee adds a trucking leg on top of the transit time quoted here. Expect 4–8 days of dwell at destination before release.

This rate is freight only. Import charges for Saudi Arabia are assessed separately on arrival — VAT 15%; duty 5–15% (up to 25% on some goods) — and whoever is named as importer of record is liable for them. If you would rather have one all-in number, ask us for the duty-paid version of this lane.

Space on this lane tightens through Sep–Nov, which is peak season for Saudi Arabia. Rates published outside that window are not a reliable guide to what you will pay inside it, so if your order lands in peak, book earlier rather than budgeting from an off-peak figure.

Current Rate Card

• 1+ — USD 313 per KG

Last refreshed 2026-08-06.

What This Rate Covers — and What It Does Not

Chargeable weight on this service is the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight, with volumetric calculated as length × width × height in centimeters divided by 6000. For anything light and bulky the volumetric figure is the one that bills, which is why carton dimensions are worth optimizing before you book rather than after the cargo is weighed at the airport.

• General commercial cargo. Battery, magnetic, liquid and powder content must be declared at booking, not on arrival
• Chargeable weight is the greater of actual and volumetric weight (divisor 6000)
• Fuel and security surcharges, remote-area delivery and oversize handling are quoted on top where they apply
• Routing on this lane is via JED (Jeddah), RUH (Riyadh) and DMM — inland delivery beyond that point is quoted against the delivery address
• Clearance at destination is handled by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
• Saudi Arabia de-minimis: SAR 1,000 — commercial consignments sit above it and are dutiable in full
• Destination conformity: SABER/SASO conformity certificate

On the duty side, the applicable regime is: VAT 15%; duty 5–15% (up to 25% on some goods). Those are planning references rather than a ruling: the rate that binds is the one assessed against your declared HS code at the moment of entry, and classification is where most landed-cost surprises actually originate. Duty and tax are settled in SAR at destination.

Every shipment needs a commercial invoice and a packing list that agree with each other, plus destination certification where the commodity requires it. The most common cause of delay we see is not the freight at all — it is a declared value or a goods description that does not match what is in the cartons, which turns a routine clearance into an inspection.