Air Freight Company from Riyadh to the USA 0552803439 | Parcels, Documents, Students’ Luggage and Car Shipping to All States

Home Safe is an air freight company from Riyadh to the USA that carries parcels, documents, scholarship students’ bags and trade samples from King Khalid International Airport to New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago, and from there to any address in the states. The air distance between Riyadh and New York is about 10,500 kilometres, and door-to-door delivery takes 5–8 days. A kilogram starts from SAR 41 on chargeable weight, and a small parcel or document envelope from SAR 55. For bookings and enquiries: 0552803439.

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1. Who ships by air from Riyadh to the USA?
2. Services and advantages of an air freight company from Riyadh to the USA
3. The shipment’s route and air freight transit time from Riyadh to the USA
4. What lengthens the transit time?
5. Acceptance and inspection of shipments at the King Khalid International Airport cargo village
6. How is chargeable weight calculated on the USA route?
7. Air freight prices from Riyadh to the USA
8. How do you reduce the cost?
9. Who pays the American duty: the sender or the consignee?
10. Shipping students’ and scholarship holders’ belongings and gifts by air
11. Shipping dates, coffee and food to the USA
12. Express documents and parcels from Riyadh to the USA
13. Shipping commercial goods and samples by air to the USA
14. Documents required for air freight from Riyadh to the USA
15. US customs on air shipments
16. Prohibited and restricted items in air freight to the USA
17. Delivering air freight in New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago
18. Air or sea freight to the USA? And what about cars?
19. Packing and storage services before the flight
20. Collection from Riyadh’s districts and nearby towns
21. Steps of air freight from Riyadh to the USA
22. Shipment tracking, customer service and problem solving
23. Shipment safety, insurance and compensation for damage
24. Air freight from the USA to Riyadh
25. How do you choose an air freight company from Riyadh to the USA?
26. Common mistakes and tips before air freight to the USA
27. Why Home Safe for air freight from Riyadh to the USA?
28. Related articles and pages
29. Tags
30. Frequently asked questions about air freight from Riyadh to the USA
31. How much does air freight from Riyadh to the USA cost?
32. How many days does a shipment need from Riyadh to reach the USA?
33. Are there direct flights from Riyadh to the USA?
34. Which airport does my shipment leave from?
35. Does the consignee pay customs on a parcel in the USA?
36. What is required to ship dates from Riyadh to the USA?
37. Do you ship scholarship holders’ and students’ belongings?
38. How is the weight of the shipment calculated?
39. What is not accepted in air freight to the USA?
40. Can I send urgent documents to the USA?
41. Can the shipment be tracked after it takes off?
42. Is the shipment insured against damage and loss?
43. When is the sea a better choice than the aircraft to the USA?
44. Can a car be shipped from Riyadh to the USA?
45. Do you ship by air from the USA to Riyadh?

Route: your address in Riyadh → the cargo village at King Khalid Airport → a direct flight or one through a transit airport → US customs → the consignee’s address · Transit time: 5–8 days · Charged: per chargeable kilogram.

Who ships by air from Riyadh to the USA?

Riyadh is a capital that holds the major universities, the ministries, the embassies and company headquarters, so the people who ship from it to the USA differ from those who ship from the coastal cities. Here they are mostly scholarship students and their families, American employees who have finished their contracts, and companies sending contracts and samples. Each group has its own documents and its own treatment at US customs, so establishing your status is the first thing we ask about.

Shipper	What they usually send	What concerns them
Scholarship holder or postgraduate student	Bags of clothes, books and accommodation items	Arrival before registration week, and paying no duty on them
A family with a son or relative in the states	Dates, coffee, clothes and Eid gifts	The food notice, and who pays the duty at the door
American employee returning from Riyadh	Personal possessions, curios and rugs	The used-effects declaration, with the rest going by sea
A company, law firm or educational body	Contracts, attested certificates and admission files	Hand delivery and the signature of a named recipient
A factory or exporter in the industrial city	Samples, spare parts and products for display	The invoice, the tariff heading and the country of origin
A Saudi online shop	Customers’ orders: abayas, perfumes and premium dates	Duty-paid delivery so the parcel is not refused

Services and advantages of an air freight company from Riyadh to the USA

The air service is not merely a matter of booking space on an aircraft. It is a chain that starts at the sender’s door in Riyadh and ends with the consignee’s signature in their state, with packing, weighing, screening, two customs declarations and a domestic carrier in between. We coordinate all these links under a single shipment number, so that you do not deal with five parties.

• Collection from the address: a home, office, university residence or warehouse inside Riyadh and around it.
• Review of the contents: we sort what is accepted by air from what is restricted before the carton is closed.
• Packing: double-wall cartons, padding and strapping suited to a journey with three handlings or more.
• Export formalities: the export declaration, the air waybill and the advance data required for shipments bound for the USA.
• Clearance in the USA: through our agent, with the food notice and the customs declaration arranged when they are needed.
• Delivery: to the American airport or to the address, as you choose.
• Supporting services: temporary holding before the flight, optional insurance, and tracking with updates.

The first advantage of the air route on this lane is that it cuts a month and a half at sea down to a week. The second is that the shipment stays in closed, monitored warehouses from the start of the journey to its end. A wider view of the service is in the article air freight from Saudi Arabia.

The shipment’s route and air freight transit time from Riyadh to the USA

The flying time itself is short measured against the whole period: about 14 hours on the direct flight from Riyadh to New York or Washington, both of which operate under the airline schedule in force. Whatever finds no space on them, or is bound for the centre and the west, passes through a transit airport in the Gulf or Europe. The remaining days are divided between preparation in Riyadh, American clearance and delivery inside the states.

Stage	What happens in it	Usual time
Collection from your address in Riyadh	Review of contents, a first weighing and packing	One day
The cargo village at King Khalid Airport	Weighing, measuring, X-ray screening, export declaration and sending the advance data	One day
The flight	Direct to the East Coast, or through a transit airport	One to two days
The American airport	Customs entry, and review by another agency if the shipment holds food or cosmetics	One to two days
Delivery inside the states	A domestic carrier from the arrival airport to the door	One to three days

That adds up to 5–8 days door to door. The East Coast is the nearest, and the West the farthest because the shipment crosses the continent after the Atlantic. The transit-time table for the other destinations is on the transit times page.

What lengthens the transit time?

• A vague description: the word “items” or “gifts” with no detail invites the parcel to be opened.
• Food with no notice: a carton of dates that was not registered in advance is held until its file is completed.
• Unpaid duty: the consignee does not answer the carrier, so the shipment waits in the warehouse.
• The American holiday season: in the last weeks of the year the airports and distribution networks are crowded.
• An incomplete address: a missing flat number or ZIP code sends the parcel back to the sorting centre.

Acceptance and inspection of shipments at the King Khalid International Airport cargo village

King Khalid International Airport lies north of Riyadh, about 35 kilometres from its centre, and it has a cargo village with separate handling buildings and facilities for cold storage, dangerous goods and express freight. Every shipment bound for the USA passes through it and is given a higher level of screening than others, because its data is sent to the American authorities before loading. Before any of that, we inspect the contents with you and make clear what is prohibited by air, so that nothing is discovered at the airport that could have been set aside at home.

Procedure	What actually happens	Its effect on your shipment
Inspection of contents before shipping	We go through the items one by one at collection	Restricted items are set aside before the carton is closed
Hand-over to the handling building	The shipment is accepted before the flight’s cut-off time	Missing the cut-off means the next flight
Scale and measurement	Actual weight and the dimensions of every piece	The final chargeable weight is fixed
X-ray and security screening	Every piece passes through the machine, and anything suspect is opened	A parcel with a loose battery or an aerosol is returned whole
Advance data	The sender’s, consignee’s and contents data is sent before loading	An incomplete name or unclear address delays acceptance
Export declaration and waybill	The declaration is registered and the air waybill is issued	You receive the tracking number

It is our representative who hands over and follows up, so you face neither the airport road nor a wait in the cargo building. If the airport weight differs from the first weight we took at your home, we tell you the difference before the waybill is issued.

How is chargeable weight calculated on the USA route?

An aircraft is limited by weight and by volume together, so it is not enough for the carrier to know how much your shipment weighs. It works out a volumetric weight from its dimensions by dividing the product of length, width and height in centimetres by 6000, and then charges you on the greater of the two figures. On a long and expensive lane like the USA, the effect shows quickly on the invoice. Try your parcel’s dimensions in the volumetric weight calculator before you ask for the price.

Shipment	Weight on the scale	Volumetric weight	Charged on
Carton of dates 40 × 30 × 25 cm	15 kg	5 kg	15 kg
Carton of winter clothes 60 × 50 × 40 cm	12 kg	20 kg	20 kg
Scholarship student’s bag 80 × 50 × 30 cm	25 kg	20 kg	25 kg
Box of samples 50 × 40 × 30 cm	8 kg	10 kg	10 kg

Dates and books are charged by their heaviness, while coats, blankets and pillows are charged by their bulk. So whoever sends winter clothes to a son in Chicago gains by squeezing them into vacuum bags, and whoever sends dates gains nothing at all from a smaller carton.

Air freight prices from Riyadh to the USA

The freight charge is made up of three things: the chargeable weight, the scope of the service, whether to the airport or to the door, and the state in question. The figures below are where our prices start, and the final figure is written for you once we know the weight, the measurements, the contents and the address. American customs duty is not part of the freight charge unless you ask for duty-paid delivery.

What you ship	Unit of charge	Price
Document envelope or small parcel	The parcel	Starts from SAR 55
Luggage, bags, cartons and general goods	Chargeable kilogram	Starts from SAR 41
Shipment above 100 kg	Chargeable kilogram	Lower per kilogram, set on request
Delivery with American duty paid	The shipment	Set on request according to item and value
Chilled goods or declared dangerous goods	The shipment	Set on request
Optional insurance	Percentage of value	Set on request

As a guide: a scholarship student’s two bags with a chargeable weight of 50 kilograms start from SAR 2,050, and a carton of gifts with a chargeable weight of 20 kilograms starts from SAR 820. Send the weight, the measurements and the American city to 0552803439 and the itemised price reaches you the same day.

Prices circulating in the market: most Riyadh offices publish no price for this route and make do with phrases such as “cheapest air freight” and “a discount for scholarship students”. The little that is published for the Kingdom-to-USA lane quotes SAR 45 per kilogram for goods and a start of SAR 60 for a parcel. Commercial freight guides quote between 4 and 8 dollars per kilogram airport to airport for general cargo, and between 10 and 20 dollars per kilogram for express parcels. Our prices above sit below what is published locally for the kilogram and for the parcel.

Factor	How it changes the price
Weight band	The rate per kilogram drops at 45, then 100, then 300 kilograms
Volume after packing	Empty space inside the carton is paid for as volumetric weight
The state	The East Coast is cheaper, the West and the inland states higher
Scope of the service	To the door adds clearance and a domestic carrier
Type of contents	Food and cosmetics need a procedure with an American agency
Season and fuel surcharges	They rise before the holidays and change monthly, and we write them as a visible item

How do you reduce the cost?

• Compress clothes and bedding, as most student shipments are charged on volume.
• Send everything you have in one go to enter a higher weight band.
• Choose delivery at the arrival airport if the consignee is close to it and able to collect.
• Book before the August peak and before the holiday weeks.
• Separate what is heavy and not urgent and send it by sea.

The items that make up the price are explained on the pricing factors page, and a comparison of per-kilogram prices between destinations is in the article air freight price per kilo from Saudi Arabia.

Who pays the American duty: the sender or the consignee?

After the rate per kilogram comes this question, and whoever neglects it pays for that in delay or a returned parcel. American duty does not enter the freight charge automatically, and it must be agreed before shipping who will bear it. That is why we put it to you when you ask for the price, not when the parcel arrives.

Comparison	Duty on the consignee	Duty-paid delivery
Who pays	The consignee, before the parcel is handed over	It is paid on their behalf and added to your invoice in Riyadh
Freight charge	Lower	Higher by the duty and its service fee
What may happen	A consignee who delays or refuses, so the shipment is held	The parcel is delivered with no demand at the door
Who it suits	An importing company, or a relative who has agreed	A gift, a shop order, or a student you do not want to burden

Shipping students’ and scholarship holders’ belongings and gifts by air

American universities hold thousands of Saudi students, many of them from Riyadh. Their season is well known: weeks before the autumn term and others before the spring term. The student travels with two bags on the ticket, and whatever exceeds them we collect from your home in Riyadh and send by air to catch up with them at their accommodation. Airlines on long-haul flights limit the weight of an additional bag and price it by the piece, so shipping it separately is in most cases calmer and cheaper.

• Students’ and scholarship holders’ belongings: their used clothes, books, computer and equipment enter as personal effects on a declaration, with the passport and visa attached.
• Someone moving to live there: under the rules currently applied, household effects used for a year or more are relieved on declaration form 3299, and we confirm what is in force before shipping.
• Gifts and personal items: they are written on the declaration as “gift” with a description and value for every item, and items for more than one recipient are not combined in one parcel without stating so.
• Appliances: electricity in the USA is 120 volts, so do not send an appliance that works only on 220.
• New items in their boxes: they are listed on a separate line with their value, as mixing them with used items exposes the whole shipment to review.

We give every bag and carton a visible number and a list of what is in it in English. This list is what the customs officer reads, and it is what is referred to if a piece is delayed. Anyone moving a whole household is not served by the aircraft alone: they send by air what they need in their first weeks, and leave the furniture to a sea container. Details of the parcel service are on the parcel shipping page.

Shipping dates, coffee and food to the USA

Riyadh’s markets are the source of what the expatriate longs for: dates from Qassim and Al-Kharj, Saudi coffee and cardamom, spices and maamoul. All of these travel by air, but the USA requires an electronic prior notice to the Food and Drug Administration for every food that enters it. We arrange the notice before collection and record its number on the waybill. Without it the parcel is held at the American airport however small it is.

Item	Is it shipped?	Condition
Packed and sealed dates	Yes	Prior notice, and the product name and country of origin on the pack
Coffee, cardamom and spices	Yes	Prior notice, and factory-sealed packs
Food in a commercial quantity	Yes	A facility registered with the agency and a full label
Meat, ghee and animal products	No	Barred in individuals’ shipments
Plants, seeds and fresh fruit	No	They need special agricultural permits
Zamzam water	Not shipped as cargo	Carried by the traveller in its dedicated pack

To prepare the notice we need four things that you will find on the box: the product name, the name and address of the manufacturer or packer, the country of origin and the net weight. So choose dates packed in a known factory rather than loose dates from the market, because loose dates have no details to write in the notice.

Express documents and parcels from Riyadh to the USA

Riyadh is a city of paperwork: company contracts, powers of attorney, attested certificates, university admission files and transactions sent to law firms and official bodies in the USA. These go on the express service, so they are collected from your address in Riyadh and handed to the consignee against their signature. A small parcel takes the same road and does not wait for a consolidation.

Type	Examples	Time to the address	Price
Document envelope	Contract, certificate, power of attorney, transcript, passport	5–7 days	Starts from SAR 55
Small parcel	A gift, a box of dates, a spare part, a phone	5–8 days	Starts from SAR 55
Parcel up to 30 kg	A carton of clothes or books	5–8 days	Starts from SAR 41 per kilogram

Documents have no commercial value, so no duty falls on them at entry. The difference between express and general air freight is that the first is a single network that collects, clears and delivers at an all-in price, and it suits anything under thirty kilograms best. The second is a booking per kilogram on an airline’s flight from airport to airport, to which clearance and delivery are added, and it is the cheaper the more the weight grows. We place your shipment on whatever suits its weight, not on one service for everything.

Shipping commercial goods and samples by air to the USA

A commercial shipment enters the USA in the name of an importer who holds an identification number with customs, and with it an invoice in English that describes the product and states its value, its country of origin and its tariff heading. Whatever exceeds a certain value enters by formal entry handled by a licensed broker. We prepare the Riyadh side of the file, and coordinate with the importer’s broker or provide a broker through our agent.

• Country of origin: it is marked on the product or its packaging in English, and many goods are turned back for want of it.
• Duty: two things decide its rate, the product’s tariff classification and the country where it was made, and it has shifted more than once, so we price no shipment before reviewing the rate that applies on the booking day.
• Samples: they are marked as samples and their true value is stated, never written with a value of zero.
• Barred origin: under the rules currently applied, goods of Iranian origin, such as rugs and saffron, are not admitted even if shipped from Riyadh.
• Cosmetics and supplements: skincare creams, beauty products and dietary supplements are reviewed by the same agency that reviews food, so send us the ingredients list before shipping and we will check that it is acceptable.
• Wooden pallets: they need the international treatment stamp, otherwise they are returned or destroyed.

Online shop orders are treated parcel by parcel: each parcel has its own declaration, value and duty. That is why most shop owners choose duty-paid delivery, so that their customer is not surprised by a demand at the door. Details of the service are on the commercial shipping page.

Documents required for air freight from Riyadh to the USA

What is asked of an individual sender is little and what is asked of a company is more, but accuracy is required of both. The consignee’s name is written as it appears on their ID, the address in full, and the description item by item in English. We issue the air waybill and register the export declaration, and you supply us with what is in the table.

Type of shipment	From the sender in Riyadh	About the consignee in the USA
Documents	A copy of the ID or residence permit	Name, address and mobile number
Personal parcel or gift	ID, and a description and value for every item	The address with ZIP code, an American mobile number and an email address
Student’s or scholarship holder’s belongings	Passport and visa, and the contents list	The accommodation address, and proof of enrolment if requested
Belongings of a mover or returnee	Passport, and a detailed list	The signed customs declaration form
Food	The above plus the product and manufacturer details	The prior notice number
Commercial goods	Commercial registration, invoice, packing list, and a certificate of origin on request	The importer’s number and the name of their broker

Each document and its template are explained on the shipping documents page.

US customs on air shipments

US customs looks at three things: what the product is, where it was made, and what the status of its consignee is. Its rules have changed a great deal recently, and the most notable change is that a low-value parcel no longer enters without duty. The table summarises the rules currently applied, some of which are liable to amendment, so we confirm what is in force for your shipment before collection.

Case	Rule currently applied
Documents	No duty
A gift from one person to another	Special treatment with a small limit, currently 100 dollars for the recipient
Commercial parcel or purchases	Duty according to the item and country of origin, and the old exemption for anything under 800 dollars is currently suspended
Used personal and household effects	Exempt on a declaration form for anyone moving or returning, on condition of prior use
Belongings of a non-resident student	They enter as personal effects on a declaration, provided they are not for sale
Food	Prior notice, and it may be examined
Goods above the value limit	Formal entry through a licensed broker and a customs bond

The USA has no federal value added tax on imports like the one in Europe, so what falls due is customs duty and service fees only. The declared value must be real, as an understated value is detected by price comparison and ends in a penalty. Clearance procedures are explained on the customs clearance page.

Prohibited and restricted items in air freight to the USA

The prohibited list here is two overlapping lists: what aviation rules bar on any flight, and what the USA bars at entry. Some of what people in Riyadh send as customary gifts falls into one of them without it ever occurring to the sender, such as perfumes, incense and oud oil. That is why we make clear what is prohibited by air at collection, before you pay the freight on a parcel that will come back to you.

Item	Ruling
Perfumes and eau de cologne	Flammable liquids, accepted only as declared dangerous goods
Aerosols and air fresheners	Compressed gases, not allowed in an ordinary parcel
Lithium batteries inside the device	Accepted under the carrier’s conditions on number, packing and label
Power banks and loose batteries	Not loaded on passenger aircraft
Oud and incense	From woods listed in the convention on protected species, so shipped in a small personal quantity or with a permit, and we confirm what is in force
Counterfeit goods	Seized, with a penalty on the consignee
Medicines	In a personal quantity with a prescription in English
Cash, gold and jewellery	Not accepted in ordinary freight

For whatever is restricted rather than prohibited we suggest an alternative: shipping it as declared dangerous goods, sending it by sea, or leaving it behind. The general list is on the prohibited items page.

Delivering air freight in New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago

The USA is a continent of fifty states, and the airport through which the shipment enters is chosen according to the consignee’s address, not according to the nearest flight. New York and Washington are the gateways of the East Coast, Chicago the gateway of the Midwest, Houston the gateway of Texas and the South, and Los Angeles the gateway of the West. From each gateway a domestic carrier completes the journey, and delivery is to the address in the four cities and around them.

Entry gateway	States and cities it serves	Door-to-door time
New York	New York, New Jersey, Boston and Philadelphia	5–7 days
Washington	The capital, Virginia and Maryland	5–7 days
Chicago	Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana	5–8 days
Houston	Texas: Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, and the neighbouring areas	6–8 days
Los Angeles	California, Arizona and Nevada	6–8 days
Other states	Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Washington state and others, from the nearest gateway	6–8 days, confirmed at booking

An American address is written in a fixed order: the building number and street name, then the flat or room number, then the city, the two-letter state code and the five-digit ZIP code. An American mobile number is essential, as the carrier sends a message to it before arrival, along with a link to pay the duty if there is any. In university accommodation the building name and the student’s mailbox number are written. The destination page: shipping to the USA.

Air or sea freight to the USA? And what about cars?

Riyadh has no port, so a sea shipment from it covers about 950 kilometres by lorry to Jeddah Islamic Port before its voyage begins, and then crosses Suez, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The result is 35 to 50 days to the East Coast, against a week by aircraft. But the cost per kilogram by sea is a small fraction of its cost by air, so it makes no sense for a household of furniture to fly.

Comparison	Air from King Khalid Airport	Sea through Jeddah Islamic Port
Time to the address	5–8 days	35–50 days, and longer to the West
Unit of price	Chargeable kilogram	The part load or the container
Price	Starts from SAR 41 per kilogram	Part-load furniture from SAR 2,750, and a 20ft container from SAR 7,800
Transport from Riyadh	The airport is in the city	A lorry to the port, with its charge set on request
Suits	The urgent, the light and anything under 300 kilograms	A full household of furniture and heavy goods

As for cars, their case in the USA differs from any other destination. Under the rules currently applied, a car less than 25 years old cannot be registered there unless it conforms to American safety and emissions standards, and Gulf-market cars mostly do not. So we do not offer shipping of ordinary cars to the USA, neither by air nor by sea. A classic car that has passed that age is admitted, and it is shipped in a container or on a freighter aircraft at a price set on request after its papers are reviewed. The full sea service is in the article shipping from Saudi Arabia to the USA, and the destinations that accept the Kingdom’s cars are in the article car shipping from Saudi Arabia.

Packing and storage services before the flight

A parcel bound for the USA passes through many hands and conveyor belts: the handling building in Riyadh, a transit airport in most cases, the arrival airport, and then the domestic carrier’s sorting centres. Packing is prepared for this whole chain. It has a second task that matters no less: not to add volume that raises the chargeable weight.

• The carton: new and double-walled, and sized to the contents.
• Weight: a single carton should not exceed 30 kilograms, so that it is carried by hand without being thrown.
• Fragile pieces: a box inside a box, with padding between them on all six sides.
• Dates and food: in the factory packs, then a sealed bag, then a carton.
• Addressing: the American address on two faces, and a copy of it inside the parcel.

Storage, for its part, is asked for by anyone who travels before their shipment is ready, or who is waiting for a final address in the USA. We keep the shipment packed and numbered for some days until it is time to send it, and the holding period and its terms are written in the booking confirmation. Packing methods are on the packing guide page, and longer holding on the storage page.

Collection from Riyadh’s districts and nearby towns

Riyadh is a sprawling city and the airport lies at its far north, so the order of collection affects the day of the flight. The northern districts are the closest to the airport, while the southern and western districts require us to allow for traffic on the ring road. We also collect from the governorates of the region on a trip arranged according to the quantity.

Area	Examples	Collection
North Riyadh	Al-Malqa, Al-Yasmin, An-Narjis, As-Sahafah, Hittin, Al-Aqiq	Same day for an early request
Central Riyadh	Al-Olaya, As-Sulimaniyah, Al-Malaz, Al-Murabba, Al-Wurud	Usually the same day
East Riyadh	Ar-Rawdah, Al-Hamra, Qurtubah, Ishbiliyah, An-Nasim	Same day or the next
West and south Riyadh	Irqah, Dhahrat Laban, As-Suwaidi, Ash-Shifa, Al-Aziziyah	Usually the next day
The Diplomatic Quarter and residential compounds	Mission premises and foreign employees’ housing	By appointment and prior entry permit
Governorates of the region	Diriyah, Al-Kharj, Al-Muzahimiyah, Huraymila, Al-Majmaah	By prior arrangement within one to two days

Our air services from the capital to the other destinations are in the article air freight company in Riyadh, and the full service to the address is explained on the door to door page.

Steps of air freight from Riyadh to the USA

1. You send to 0552803439 what you want to ship, its approximate weight and measurements, and the city and state.
2. We ask you about the consignee’s status and the items, and determine what is needed: a food notice, an effects declaration or a commercial invoice.
3. The itemised price reaches you, stating who pays the American duty and what the amount does not cover.
4. We collect from your address in Riyadh, inspect the contents, pack them and hand you the collection receipt.
5. The shipment is handed to the cargo village at King Khalid Airport, where it is weighed and screened and its declaration is registered.
6. The waybill is issued and its number reaches you, and the shipment is loaded on the booked flight.
7. It is cleared at the American airport, and what is due is paid as agreed.
8. The domestic carrier delivers it at the address against a signature, and we notify you of the delivery.

Shipment tracking, customer service and problem solving

Tracking on this route has two stages. The first is by the air waybill number, which shows acceptance in Riyadh, departure, transit, arrival and release. The second is by the number of the domestic carrier that takes it over after customs to the door. We send you both numbers and the updates on WhatsApp, and you will find the service on the shipment tracking page.

Between Riyadh and New York there are seven or eight hours depending on daylight saving time there, and between Riyadh and Los Angeles ten or eleven. So an update that appears in the American evening is one you read the following morning. We answer calls and WhatsApp from 7 am to 11 pm Riyadh time, and whatever comes in after that is answered first thing in the morning.

• A shipment held at customs: we learn the reason from the agent and tell you what is needed: a document, a more precise description or payment of duty.
• A consignee who could not be found: we contact them and you to reschedule delivery before the carrier’s holding period runs out.
• A wrong address: it is corrected with the domestic carrier, and a fee set by the carrier may result.
• A damaged parcel: the damage is recorded at receipt with photographs and a note on the delivery notice, and then the claim is filed.

Shipment safety, insurance and compensation for damage

Nobody can guarantee that a shipment will come to no harm on a journey through three airports. What we can commit to is what lies in our hands: packing that suits the contents, a documented weight, an honest description and hand-over to approved carriers. What comes after that is governed by the air carrier’s liability and by insurance if you choose it.

• The carrier’s liability: it exists under the air transport conventions, but it is limited to an amount per kilogram, not to the value of what is in the parcel.
• Optional insurance: calculated as a percentage of the declared value, it covers the gap between the limited compensation and the actual value.
• Condition for compensation: a true value on the declaration, sound packing, and proof of the damage at the time of receipt.
• The claim: it has a short deadline from the delivery date, so tell us as soon as you notice the damage.

The terms of cover, what it excludes and the claim period are written in the booking confirmation and the insurance policy, not in a verbal promise. A fuller explanation is on the cargo insurance page.

Air freight from the USA to Riyadh

Demand in the opposite direction is no less than on the outbound leg. The returning scholarship student sends what they gathered over their years of study, the shopper at American stores needs someone to receive and consolidate their purchases, and workshops and clinics order parts and devices. Our agent collects from the address or the shop, the goods are flown to King Khalid Airport, and we clear them and deliver them to your door.

• What is shipped: returnees’ belongings, electronics, car spare parts, supplements and clothes, and small medical devices.
• Charges in the Kingdom: customs duty according to the item, and 15% value added tax.
• Conformity: appliances and items subject to technical regulations need a certificate before shipping.
• A returnee’s belongings: the used part is cleared as personal effects with a contents list.

How do you choose an air freight company from Riyadh to the USA?

Many offices present the route in general phrases: fastest time, cheapest price, a discount for scholarship students. These tell you nothing about how well the office knows the USA. What does tell you is the questions it asks before it prices, and what it writes for you before you pay.

What you test	Reassuring sign	Worrying sign
Legal standing	A commercial registration and a collection receipt in the establishment’s name	A mobile number and a transfer to an individual’s account
American duty	It asks you who pays it and estimates it for you	“No customs on small parcels”
Food	It asks for the manufacturer’s details to prepare the notice	“Dates go through without papers”
Weight	It measures the dimensions and explains volumetric weight	A rate per kilogram over the phone with no question about size
Transit time	A realistic range of days that mentions clearance	“It arrives within hours”
Tracking	An air waybill number on the day of departure	A collection receipt with no shipment number

Common mistakes and tips before air freight to the USA

• Writing “clothes and gifts” on the declaration instead of the number of pieces, their material and their value.
• Sending loose dates with no manufacturer’s name, so that their notice cannot be prepared.
• Assuming a small parcel is still exempt, and then surprising the consignee with duty they did not expect.
• Putting a perfume or a power bank among the clothes in the hope that it will not show on the X-ray.
• Forgetting the flat number or the student’s mailbox in the address.
• Putting off the shipping of bags until the week of travel at the August peak.
• Sending a household appliance that does not work on American electricity.

The tip that sums up all of the above: prepare the list before the cartons. Write what you will send item by item and send it to us, and we will tell you what is accepted, what needs a procedure and what is set aside; then start packing with a clear picture.

Why Home Safe for air freight from Riyadh to the USA?

To book: 0552803439 by call or WhatsApp, from 7 am to 11 pm. Or through the request a quote page.

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Frequently asked questions about air freight from Riyadh to the USA

How much does air freight from Riyadh to the USA cost?

The charge is worked out on chargeable weight and starts from SAR 41 per kilogram, while a small parcel or document envelope starts from SAR 55. The higher the weight band, the lower the rate per kilogram. American duty is a separate item from the freight charge, paid by the consignee or added to your price by prior agreement.

How many days does a shipment need from Riyadh to reach the USA?

From 5 to 8 days from the moment of collection in Riyadh to delivery at the address. New York and Washington take around 5 to 7 days, Chicago 5 to 8, and Houston and Los Angeles 6 to 8. The time grows if an American agency asks to review the shipment or the consignee is slow to pay what is due.

Are there direct flights from Riyadh to the USA?

Direct passenger flights operate between King Khalid Airport and both New York and Washington under the airline schedule in force, with a flying time of about 14 hours. The other cities are served through a transit airport or by domestic transport from the arrival airport. The schedule changes from season to season, so we tell you the booked routing before you pay.

Which airport does my shipment leave from?

From King Khalid International Airport, north of Riyadh. Our representative collects the shipment from your address, and it is then handed to the cargo village at the airport, where it is weighed, measured, X-rayed and its export declaration is registered. You do not need to go to the airport at any stage.

Does the consignee pay customs on a parcel in the USA?

In most cases, yes. The old exemption for anything under 800 dollars is currently suspended, so a commercial parcel is charged duty according to its item and country of origin. A small gift from one person to another still has special treatment, with a limit of 100 dollars under the rules currently applied. We check what is in force for your case before shipping.

What is required to ship dates from Riyadh to the USA?

An electronic prior notice to the US Food and Drug Administration before the shipment arrives, stating the product, its manufacturer, its country and its quantity. We arrange it with you before collection and write its number on the waybill. The dates travel in their sealed boxes bearing the product name and country of origin.

Do you ship scholarship holders’ and students’ belongings?

Yes, and it is what we ship most from Riyadh on this route. We collect the bags and cartons from the home, write their contents list in English and deliver them to the university residence or the flat. Used personal belongings enter on a customs declaration, and we prepare with you the passport and visa copies it needs.

How is the weight of the shipment calculated?

The parcel is measured and weighed at the airport. Volumetric weight is the length multiplied by the width multiplied by the height in centimetres, divided by 6000; it is then compared with the actual weight and the greater figure is taken. A large, light bag of clothes may therefore be charged on its volume, not on what the scale shows.

What is not accepted in air freight to the USA?

Flammable materials, compressed gases and loose batteries in an ordinary parcel, counterfeit goods, meat and meat products, plants and seeds without a permit, and goods of Iranian origin. Perfumes, oud oil and incense have conditions that we explain when reviewing the contents.

Can I send urgent documents to the USA?

Yes. A document envelope starts from SAR 55, is collected from your address in Riyadh and is handed to the consignee against a signature. Documents attract no duty at American customs. Papers that will be submitted to a university or an official body are best attested before they are sent.

Can the shipment be tracked after it takes off?

Yes. The air waybill number shows its acceptance at King Khalid Airport, its departure, its arrival and its release, and then the domestic carrier’s number follows it inside the states to the door. We send the updates on WhatsApp, bearing in mind the time difference between Riyadh and the American cities.

Is the shipment insured against damage and loss?

The air carrier’s liability exists but it is limited by the weight of the shipment, not by its value. Insurance is an optional item calculated as a percentage of the declared value, and it covers that gap. The compensation terms and the claim period are written in the booking confirmation, and we handle the claim with you if damage occurs.

When is the sea a better choice than the aircraft to the USA?

Whenever the shipment is a household of furniture or goods above a few hundred kilograms with no close deadline behind it. A container needs 35 to 50 days, part-load furniture starts from SAR 2,750, and a 20ft container from SAR 7,800 from Jeddah Islamic Port.

Can a car be shipped from Riyadh to the USA?

In most cases it is not accepted there. Under the rules currently applied, a car less than 25 years old cannot be registered unless it conforms to American specifications, and Gulf-market cars were not built to them. A classic car beyond that age is admitted, and the price of shipping it is set on request.

Do you ship by air from the USA to Riyadh?

Yes. Our agent collects from the address or the shop in the American city, the goods are flown to King Khalid Airport, and we then clear them and deliver them to your door in Riyadh. Imports attract customs duty according to the item and 15% value added tax, and some appliances need a certificate of conformity.