Africa
Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia
Home Safe ships by sea and air from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and every other city in the Kingdom to Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa — and across the rest of Ethiopia — with professional packing, customs clearance, optional insurance and follow-up of the shipment until it is delivered to the address.
Delivery through the Port of Djibouti, then by road.
About shipping to Ethiopia
Home Safe ships from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia, covering Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. We collect from Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, Madinah and every other city in the Kingdom, and ship by sea and air according to the size of your shipment and how urgent it is, at competitive prices and with a written quote that shows what the price includes before you commit.
The service covers inspection and volume estimate, dismantling and professional multi-layer packing, loading and transport, preparing the documents and customs clearance at the Port of Djibouti, optional insurance on the value of the goods, temporary storage where needed, and then delivery to the address with reassembly. An update reaches you at every stage of the shipment until final receipt, so you are never left waiting without news.
We ship to Ethiopia whole-home furniture and appliances, personal effects and students’ boxes, commercial cargo and exhibition supplies, and heavy or delicate pieces that need wooden crates and special securing inside the container. Delivery through the Port of Djibouti, then by road.
Professional packing
Track shipment
Customs clearance
Competitive prices
A written quote
Shipping methods available to Ethiopia
Sea
Pricing unit: Cubic metre
10 – 20 days
Furniture, cars and cargo
Air
Pricing unit: Chargeable weight
1 – 3 days
Urgent and high-value
Cities we cover in Ethiopia
We collect from any city in the Kingdom and deliver in the following cities and their surroundings. If your city is not listed, mention it in the request and we will confirm delivery.
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Usual point of entry: the Port of Djibouti
What do we ship to Ethiopia?
A whole home’s furniture
Bedrooms, majlis seating, kitchens, appliances and rugs — with dismantling, packing and reassembly on arrival.
Personal effects and parcels
Clothes, books, belongings and students’ items, in numbered boxes with a contents list.
Commercial goods
Shipments for shops, exhibitions and equipment, in a full or shared container depending on volume.
Special shipments
Heavy or delicate pieces that need wooden crates or special securing inside the container.
What sets the price of shipping to Ethiopia?
- The shipment’s volume in cubic metres — the first factor in sea and land freight.
- Chargeable weight — the greater of actual and volumetric weight, and the basis of air freight.
- The nature of the goods — delicate pieces need packing or wooden crates.
- Additional services — dismantling and assembly, temporary storage, insurance, delivery to the floor.
- Destination country charges — customs and taxes are paid in Ethiopia and set out in the quote.
Use the pricing basis calculator to find out the unit you will be charged on before asking for a quote.
Shipping routes to Ethiopia
These routes are taken from the routes published on the site, and cover shipping from different cities in the Kingdom to Ethiopia.
Ready to ship your belongings to Ethiopia?
Send the shipment details and receive a written quote showing the price, the time and what it includes.
Car shipping to Ethiopia
We ship vehicles to Ethiopia — RoRo or container
Ethiopia is one of the destinations we move cars to regularly, through the Port of Djibouti. We recommend the most economical method for your car’s value and the arrival port, and prepare the entry documents before departure, not after the vehicle arrives.
- RoRo: The vehicle drives on by its own wheels — the most economical for used cars.
- Container: Secured with four straps and chocks under the tyres — more protective for luxury and classic cars.
- Triptyque: Temporary-entry procedures and release documents ready before shipping.
About this route
What sets shipping to Ethiopia apart
The nature of the route
A landlocked country: the shipment arrives by sea at the Port of Djibouti, then travels by road or rail to Addis Ababa. Air to Addis Ababa is the fastest for personal effects and parcels.
What its customs look at
Since 2024 Ethiopia has stopped the import of petrol and diesel passenger cars, and allows electric ones. So an ordinary fuel car does not enter. Goods need import permits and bank documents in advance.
What we ship there most
- Electric cars
- Equipment and machinery
- Commercial goods
- Personal effects
A tip from experience
Before buying any car for Ethiopia, make sure it is electric and accepted there. A fuel car is turned back at the port.