International Shipping Company in Qassim 0552803439 | Furniture, Dates, Cargo and Car Shipping from Buraidah and Unaizah

An international shipping company in Qassim collects your shipment from your door in Buraidah, Unaizah, Ar Rass and the other governorates, and delivers it to the consignee’s door outside the Kingdom. Home Safe ships from Qassim by all three methods: by road in closed trucks to the Gulf and Jordan, by air from Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport or Riyadh airport, and by sea through Jeddah or Dammam port. A truck delivers in the Gulf in 2 to 5 days. A carton starts from SAR 140, a bedroom from SAR 920, and an air kilogram from SAR 14. To book: 0552803439.

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1. Who ships internationally from Qassim?
2. International shipping methods from Qassim
3. Transit times from Qassim by destination
4. International shipping prices from Qassim
5. What is distinctive about shipping from Qassim?
6. Collection from Buraidah, Unaizah, Ar Rass and the other governorates of Qassim
7. Shipping Qassim Sukkari dates from Buraidah
8. Land freight from Qassim to the Gulf and Jordan
9. A dedicated truck or a shared load?
10. Moving furniture abroad from Qassim: survey and dismantling
11. Types of packing and what suits each piece
12. Storing furniture, then reassembling it in the destination country
13. Parcels, luggage and personal effects
14. Commercial goods and farm produce
15. Car shipping from Qassim
16. Sea freight from Qassim through Jeddah and Dammam
17. Air freight from Qassim via Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport or Riyadh
18. Documents and customs clearance
19. What cannot be shipped from Qassim?
20. Countries and cities where we deliver Qassim shipments
21. Steps for international shipping from Qassim
22. Tracking and insurance
23. Shipping to Qassim from abroad
24. Tips before shipping from Qassim
25. How do you choose an international shipping company in Qassim?
26. Common mistakes when shipping from Qassim
27. Why Home Safe for international shipping from Qassim?
28. Related articles and pages
29. Tags
30. Frequently asked questions about international shipping from Qassim
31. How much does international shipping from Qassim cost?
32. Do you collect in Buraidah, Unaizah and Ar Rass themselves?
33. Qassim has no port, so how do you ship by sea from it?
34. Does air freight leave directly from Qassim airport?
35. How long does land freight take from Qassim to the Gulf states?
36. How long does a shipment take from Qassim to Jordan?
37. Do you ship Qassim dates abroad?
38. When is the date-shipping season in Buraidah?
39. Do you move the furniture of a whole home from Qassim to another country?
40. Do you ship cars from Qassim?
41. What documents are needed to ship from Qassim?
42. Do you store furniture if I hand the house back before the shipping date?
43. Can I ship just one carton or one suitcase?
44. Is the shipment insured, and how do I follow it?
45. How do I book, and what are the working hours?

Route: your door in Qassim → packing, numbering and weighing → consolidation centre → land crossing, airport or port → clearance → the consignee’s door · Service: door to door.

Who ships internationally from Qassim?

Qassim is a farming and trading region in the centre of the Kingdom, and its people ship for reasons that differ from those of the coastal cities. It has palm farms that send their dates abroad, universities and hospitals staffed by residents who go home with their furniture, and families with relatives in Kuwait and the rest of the Gulf. Each of these has a method that suits what they send:

Who	What they ship	Best method
Farm owner or date trader	Sukkari and other dates in cartons	Land to the Gulf and Jordan, air for urgent loads
Resident returning home	Household furniture, appliances and luggage	Land to Jordan, Syria and Egypt, sea for distant countries
Family with a home in the Gulf	Majlis seating, bedrooms and cartons	Land, dedicated or shared truck
Student or relocating employee	Suitcases, books and personal effects	Shared load or air
Factory or business	Food products, materials and pallets	Trucks by land, containers by sea
Car owner	A car for sale or relocation	Carrier to the Gulf, RoRo or container elsewhere

International shipping methods from Qassim

Qassim’s position in the heart of the peninsula makes the road its first route. Motorways leave it for Riyadh to the south-east, Hail to the north and Madinah to the west. The sea is far away on both sides, so it is chosen only for a large shipment bound for a distant country. Air is for what is light and urgent.

Method	Where it leaves from	Suits	Time to the door
Land	The Batha, Salwa, Ar-Ruqi, Khafji, King Fahd Causeway, Haditha and Arar crossings	The Gulf, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq	2–10 days
Land then ferry	Duba port on the Red Sea	Egypt	9–14 days
Air	Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport or King Khalid Airport	Urgent dates, parcels and documents	1–9 days
Sea via Jeddah	Jeddah Islamic Port	Europe, Turkey, Africa and the Americas	3–8 weeks
Sea via Dammam	King Abdulaziz Port	India, Pakistan and East Asia	2–6 weeks

The rule we work by is simple. Anything bound for the Gulf or the Levant goes by road, whatever its size. Anything large bound for another continent goes by sea. Anything light and urgent goes by air to any country. The full comparison of the methods is on the shipping methods comparison page.

Transit times from Qassim by destination

The times in the table start on the day of loading in Qassim and end at the consignee’s door, and they are for a dedicated truck that leaves as soon as it is loaded. A shared load takes 2 to 4 days longer, because your shipment waits at the consolidation centre until the truck for that country is full.

Destination	Route	Time by dedicated truck
Kuwait	Hafar al-Batin, then the Ar-Ruqi crossing	2–3 days
Bahrain	Riyadh, then Khobar and the King Fahd Causeway	2–3 days
Qatar	Riyadh, then Al-Ahsa and the Salwa crossing	2–3 days
UAE	Riyadh, then the Batha crossing	3–5 days
Oman	Batha through the UAE, or the Empty Quarter crossing	4–6 days
Jordan	Hail and Al-Jouf, then the Haditha crossing	3–6 days
Syria	Haditha, then Jordan and the Nassib crossing	5–8 days
Iraq	The Jadidat Arar crossing	4–8 days
Egypt	Tabuk and Duba, then the ferry	9–14 days

What lengthens the time? Three things, mostly. The first is a missing paper discovered at the crossing, which holds the truck until it arrives. The second is a busy season, such as the Eid holidays, the peak of the date season and the summer return of residents. The third is a shared load to a destination with little demand, where the wait for it to fill grows longer. We tell you what to expect before you book, not after. Times for each country are on the transit times page.

International shipping prices from Qassim

We do not put estimated figures on Qassim. The starting prices in the table are those of the nearest city we have priced, which is Riyadh, where Qassim shipments join the international trucks and flights. The haulage item from your town in Qassim to the consolidation centre is set on request, because it changes with the governorate and with the size of the shipment.

Shipment	Destination and method	Price starts from
Documents by express service	Air	SAR 83
Parcel up to 5 kg	Gulf, shared land	SAR 32
Carton of belongings or dates	Gulf, Jordan or Egypt, shared land	SAR 140
Cubic metre	Gulf, shared land	SAR 550
Bedroom	Kuwait, land	SAR 920
Bedroom or studio	UAE, land	SAR 1,380
Furniture of one room or a studio	Jordan, shared load	SAR 1,650
Furniture of a two- to three-room flat	Jordan, truck	SAR 3,700
Furniture of a two- to three-room flat	UAE, land	SAR 4,150
Full truck	UAE, land	SAR 6,450
Car	A Gulf country, car carrier	SAR 1,100
Saloon car	Sea, by RoRo	SAR 2,800
Parcels and urgent dates	Gulf, air	SAR 14 per kilogram
Haulage from Qassim to the consolidation centre or the port	Closed truck	Set on request

Prices quoted in the market: we looked for what is published for the Qassim line and found no one publishing an international price from Buraidah, Unaizah or Ar Rass. What is published is classified adverts for moving furniture inside the region, and directories listing company names in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam with no figures, where the price is given over the phone. So do not compare one number with another; compare what each price includes: collection from Qassim, packing, crossing fees, and delivery to the door in the destination country.

What sets the price?

• The method: land is cheapest for the Gulf and the Levant, sea for the distant and heavy, and air costs most per kilogram and is fastest.
• Volume or weight: land and sea go by the cubic metre, air by weight. Work out your shipment’s volume with the CBM calculator.
• Your governorate in Qassim: Buraidah and Unaizah are on the truck line, and the collection item rises in the more distant governorates.
• Dedicated or shared: shared costs less and takes longer.
• Services: dismantling, packing, storage, reassembly and insurance are items written each with its own price.

How do you bring the cost down? Combine your shipment with that of a relative or neighbour heading for the same country, so the collection item is split between you. Choose a shared load if your date is flexible. Do not send to the Gulf by air what can bear two days in a truck. And dismantle large pieces before the volume is measured, since a dismantled wardrobe takes a third of the space it takes standing. The other factors are on the pricing factors page.

What is distinctive about shipping from Qassim?

Qassim is not one city but a cluster of towns and governorates close to one another, with Buraidah as their capital. It lies midway between Riyadh, Hail and Madinah, so many trucks heading north, west and east pass through it. That position helps you in two ways: a shipment for Jordan or Iraq leaves Qassim northwards without going down to Riyadh, and a shipment for the Gulf joins the daily departures from Riyadh.

From Buraidah to	Approximate road distance	Why it matters to your shipment
Unaizah	About 30 km	Its shipments are collected with Buraidah’s on the same round
Riyadh	About 330 km	Consolidation centre, King Khalid Airport and gateway to the Gulf
Hail	About 300 km	The road to Jordan, Iraq and Egypt
Madinah	About 520 km	The road west to the Red Sea coast
Dammam	About 730 km	King Abdulaziz Port and the King Fahd Causeway
Jeddah	About 940 km	Jeddah Islamic Port

The region has three features that enter our planning. It has no port, so every sea shipment is preceded by a long road journey that must be written into the price. It has an international airport with fewer flights than Riyadh, so we choose between it and King Khalid Airport according to the destination. And it has a date season in which demand for refrigerated and closed trucks is heavy for weeks on end. As for the northern railway that stops in Qassim, it is a passenger train, and individuals’ shipments are not carried on it.

Collection from Buraidah, Unaizah, Ar Rass and the other governorates of Qassim

You do not carry your shipment to anyone. The collection vehicle arrives at your door at the agreed time, bringing packing materials and scales. What you are sending is packed in front of you, each package has its number stuck on it and is weighed or measured, and you receive a list of the numbers before the vehicle moves. That same list is the one presented at the crossing, and it is your reference at delivery in the destination country.

City or governorate	Where we collect	Note
Buraidah	As-Safra, Al-Fayziyah, Ar-Rayyan, Al-Iskan, Al-Khaleej, Al-Muntazah, An-Nahdah, Sultanah, Al-Khubayb, Khudayra and the other districts	The date market and the industrial cities are on the round
Unaizah	All its districts and farms	Joined to the Buraidah round
Ar Rass	The town and its dependent villages	A set day in the week according to demand
Al Bukayriyah, Al Badayea and Riyadh Al Khabra	From the home or the farm	On the Ar Rass road, gathered in one round
Al Mithnab and Ash Shimasiyah	From the home or the farm	South and east of the region
Uyun Al Jiwa and Al Asyah	From the home or the farm	North of the region, on the Hail road
An Nabhaniyah, Uqlat As Suqur and Dhariyah	By prior appointment	West of the region, where the collection item is higher

With a small shipment, such as a carton or two suitcases, we wait for the next collection round in your governorate so that you do not bear the hire of a whole vehicle. Household furniture and a full truck have a day booked for them alone. And if your home is in a narrow street, or on a farm far from the paved road, tell us when booking so that we send a vehicle of the right size.

Shipping Qassim Sukkari dates from Buraidah

Dates are the best-known thing to leave Qassim. The region has about 11 million palm trees, and Sukkari alone accounts for roughly 85% of their output. The date city in Buraidah opens its season at the start of August and it lasts about 75 days, with around 45 varieties on show, among them Sukkari, Barhi, Saqai, Khalas, Rothana and Wannana. Buyers come to it from the Gulf and beyond, and many of them buy and then look for someone to ship.

We collect the dates from the market, the farm or the packing plant, and prepare them for the journey according to their type. Dry and semi-dry Sukkari withstand the road in well-sealed cartons. Fresh rutab and soft Sukkari do not withstand heat, so they travel in a refrigerated truck or by air. The common mistake is to stack soft dates on top of one another with no dividers, so that they arrive as paste at the bottom of the carton.

Type of date	Suitable packing	Shipping method
Dry or semi-dry Sukkari	Reinforced cartons sealed with tape and stacked on a pallet	Land, by closed truck
Soft Sukkari and rutab	Plastic tubs or small cartons with dividers	Refrigerated truck or air
Premium gift dates	Gift boxes inside an outer carton that protects them from pressure	Air or shared land
Pressed dates and date paste	Vacuum packs or sealed tins	Land or sea
Commercial quantity	Wrapped pallets with a label on every carton	Full truck or refrigerated container

A family gift of a few cartons is shipped with a contents list and a copy of the sender’s ID. A commercial quantity needs an invoice, a packing list and a certificate of origin proving the dates are Saudi, which is what exempts them from duty in the Gulf states. Some countries ask for a phytosanitary or health certificate for commercial quantities, and we check what the destination requires before the truck is loaded. The price is no different from other goods: a carton by land from SAR 140, and an air kilogram from SAR 14.

Land freight from Qassim to the Gulf and Jordan

Most of what leaves Qassim leaves on wheels. The closed truck carries furniture, dates, cartons and goods, and takes one of two directions. The eastern and south-eastern direction takes it to the Gulf crossings: Ar-Ruqi and Khafji for Kuwait, the King Fahd Causeway for Bahrain, Salwa for Qatar, and Batha for the UAE and Oman. The northern direction, through Hail and Al-Jouf, takes it to the Haditha crossing near Qurayyat, and from there to Jordan and on to Syria and Lebanon.

Country	Saudi crossing	Opposite crossing	Transit papers we prepare
Kuwait	Ar-Ruqi or Khafji	Salmi or Nuwaiseeb	Export declaration and contents list
Bahrain	King Fahd Causeway	Causeway customs	Export declaration and the truck’s crossing slot
Qatar	Salwa	Abu Samra	Export declaration and contents list
UAE	Batha	Ghuwaifat	Export declaration and certificate of origin for goods
Oman	Batha or the Empty Quarter	According to the route available	Export declaration and transit papers through the UAE
Jordan	Haditha	Al-Omari	Export declaration, detailed list and returnee papers where they apply

Time is lost at the crossing, not on the road. A truck with complete papers crosses in hours, and one that is a paper short spends the night at the gate. So we prepare the transit papers before loading day: the export declaration, the numbered contents list, copies of the sender’s and consignee’s IDs, and the certificate of origin for commercial goods. For the Oman route through the Empty Quarter crossing, we confirm what is open to cargo before booking. To Egypt, the whole truck boards the ferry at Duba port, as explained in the article on land freight from Saudi Arabia to Egypt. The whole service is on the land freight page.

A dedicated truck or a shared load?

The question is settled by the size of your shipment and by your date. Anyone whose furniture fills half a truck or more, or who cannot wait, takes a truck to themselves that leaves on loading day. Anyone shipping a room or some cartons shares the truck with others and pays only for their space. Either way your pieces are numbered and kept apart from the rest.

Point of comparison	Dedicated truck	Shared load
For whom	The furniture of a whole home, or goods that fill the truck	A room, cartons or a pallet
How it is charged	Truck hire	By the cubic metre or the carton
Departure	Loading day	When the load is complete at the consolidation centre
Handling	One loading and one unloading	Loaded in Qassim, then moved to the destination truck
Price starts from	SAR 6,450 to the UAE	SAR 550 per cubic metre to the Gulf

Moving furniture abroad from Qassim: survey and dismantling

Moving a home to another country begins with knowing what is in it. You send photos of every room or a list of the pieces, or a specialist visits if there is a great deal of furniture. From the survey the volume is calculated, and it becomes clear whether a shared load is enough or a truck or container is needed, and which pieces need dismantling or a wooden crate. What we ask of you is four things only:

• The address of the home in Qassim, the floor, and whether the building has a lift.
• The city and country where the furniture is to be delivered.
• The kind of furniture and its large pieces: bedrooms, majlis seating, kitchen and air conditioners.
• The day you want loading to take place, and your travel date if you are leaving.

The right crew comes according to what is in the home: a carpenter who dismantles and reassembles bedrooms and wardrobes, a kitchen fitter, a technician who disconnects air conditioners and appliances, and workers for packing and carrying. The screws of each piece are gathered in a bag bearing its number, and complicated pieces are photographed before dismantling so they go back together as they were. For a departing resident we arrange loading day around the final exit visa date. The service is on the furniture shipping page.

Types of packing and what suits each piece

Furniture that crosses a thousand kilometres or more needs more than the wrapping used for a move within a city. The truck vibrates for long hours, pieces are stacked on one another, and the shipment may be moved from one vehicle to another. So each piece is wrapped in what suits its material, and often two types meet on a single piece:

Type of packing	What it is	Suits
Ordinary wrapping	Soft plastic rolls and blankets	Sofas, mattresses and wooden surfaces, against dust and scratches
Bubble wrap	Plastic with air bubbles that absorbs shock	Glass, mirrors, screens and wooden edges
Carton packing	Reinforced cartons and pressed-board sheets	Clothes, books, crockery and valuables
Double packing	Bubble wrap, then a carton	Kitchenware and sensitive electronic devices
Wooden crate	A frame or box built to the size of the piece	Marble, antiques, chandeliers and paintings

Air conditioners are drained and their two units wrapped separately. The moving parts of a fridge and a washing machine are secured before wrapping. Large pieces of furniture go into the truck standing or on their side according to what protects them, not according to what saves space. How each item is packed is in the packing guide.

Storing furniture, then reassembling it in the destination country

Sometimes the date for handing back the house comes before the shipping date, or the owner travels before the new home is ready. In that case the furniture goes, wrapped and numbered, to a closed warehouse, and is arranged there so that glass, wood and electrical appliances stay where nothing is loaded on top of them. It leaves the warehouse for the truck as it entered, with no opening or fresh wrapping. The storage period and its charge are written in the booking confirmation, and the service is on the storage page.

On arrival, the service does not end at the building’s entrance. The furniture is carried up to the flat, the packages are opened by their numbers, and bedrooms, wardrobes and tables are assembled in the rooms you choose. You go through the list with the crew number by number before they leave. If you need air conditioners or the kitchen fitted in the new home, say so when booking so that a technician is arranged in the destination city.

Parcels, luggage and personal effects

Not everyone who ships from Qassim is moving a home. Many send a carton of clothes to a son studying abroad, a suitcase a visitor left behind, or gifts to family in Kuwait or Amman. These small shipments travel in a shared load by land, or by air if they are urgent. A parcel of up to 5 kilograms to the Gulf starts from SAR 32, and a carton from SAR 140.

• Excess baggage: the bags the airline will not allow are shipped a few days before you travel and reach you in your country.
• Students’ belongings: books, clothes and a computer, in numbered cartons on a single list.
• Gifts: dates, coffee, incense and abayas, written on the list by name and not under the word “gifts”.
• Documents: by express service from SAR 83.

Details are on the parcel shipping page.

Commercial goods and farm produce

Qassim has date and food factories, farms, industrial cities, and traders who sell to customers in the Gulf. Their goods travel on pallets in closed or refrigerated trucks, and the larger consignments in containers. What matters to the trader more than the price is that the goods arrive with papers that are not turned back at the crossing.

• Certificate of origin: it proves the product is Saudi, so it is exempt from customs duty in the Gulf states.
• Invoice and packing list: with the weight of each pallet and its number of cartons, matching what is on the truck.
• Food: a label on the pack with production and expiry dates, and health certificates according to the destination country.
• Refrigerated cargo: a truck with the temperature set for the product, and the temperature written in the transport order.
• Small orders: a pallet or two travel in the shared load.

The service is on the commercial shipping page.

Car shipping from Qassim

A car bound for the Gulf is carried on an open or enclosed car carrier, and is not driven to the crossing. A car bound for a distant country is first taken to the port, then enters the RoRo vessel on its own wheels or is lashed inside a container. The prices in the table are starting prices from Riyadh, and moving the car from Qassim is added and set on request.

Destination	Method	Price starts from
Qatar	Carrier by land	SAR 1,100
Bahrain	Carrier by land	SAR 1,380
UAE	Carrier by land	SAR 1,650
Kuwait	Carrier by land	SAR 1,850
Jordan, saloon car	Shared carrier	SAR 1,290
Turkey, Europe and Africa	RoRo from Jeddah port	SAR 2,800 for a saloon

Before shipping, the export certificate is obtained from the traffic department once fines are paid and the plates handed in. The car is photographed from every side, a quarter of a tank of fuel is left in it, and personal belongings are taken out. Ask about the destination country’s rule before you pay: Jordan, for example, under the rules currently applied, does not accept a passenger car more than five years past its manufacture. Each country’s rules are in the article on car shipping from Saudi Arabia and on the car shipping page.

Sea freight from Qassim through Jeddah and Dammam

The sea is far from Qassim, yet it is the only sensible route for the furniture of a whole home, a car or heavy goods bound for Europe, Africa or Asia. The idea is that the shipment is loaded in Qassim and then taken by road to the port that suits its destination, not to the port nearest in kilometres.

• Jeddah Islamic Port: about 940 km away. From it the vessel enters the Suez Canal directly, so it serves Turkey, Europe, North and West Africa and the Americas.
• King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam: about 730 km away. From it the vessel heads east, so it serves India, Pakistan and East Asia.
• Full container: it arrives empty at your home or warehouse, is loaded and sealed in front of you, and is opened only at the consignee’s.
• Part load: for less than half a container. Your shipment goes to the port warehouse and is grouped with others, and you pay by the cubic metre.
• Cars: by RoRo from SAR 2,800 for a saloon, or in a container for a luxury car or one that does not run.

Starting prices by sea: a 20-foot container from Jeddah port to Turkey from SAR 4,600, and furniture in a shared container to Europe from SAR 5,500. Haulage from Qassim to the port is a separate item set on request, so ask for it to be written into the price and it will not surprise you. Details are in the article on the sea freight company in Saudi Arabia and on the sea freight page.

Air freight from Qassim via Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport or Riyadh

Air is for what cannot wait: soft dates for a season or an occasion, an urgent parcel, medicine, documents, a commercial sample. Qassim has an international airport, Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport near Buraidah, with passenger flights to Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Cairo and Istanbul, according to the timetable in force, which changes with the season. An air shipment travels in the hold of those flights.

We choose the airport according to your shipment. If its destination is one served by a flight from Qassim, and the flight has enough space for it, it leaves from Qassim airport. If no flight from Qassim reaches the destination, or the shipment is larger than the flight can carry, it is taken by closed truck to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, about 330 km away, and flies from there. In both cases it is delivered to the consignee’s door.

Region	Estimated door-to-door time	Note
Gulf states	1–3 days	From SAR 14 per kilogram
Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon	2–5 days	Set on request
Turkey and Europe	3–6 days	Set on request
India, Pakistan and East Asia	3–6 days	Set on request
Africa	3–8 days	Set on request
The Americas and Australia	5–9 days	Set on request

The air price is calculated on the chargeable weight, which is the greater of the actual weight and the volumetric weight. A carton of dates is heavy and small, so it is charged by its weight; a carton of pillows is light and bulky, so it is charged by its volume. Work it out with the volumetric weight calculator. Loose batteries, aerosols and perfume in quantity are not carried by air. The service is in the article on air freight from Saudi Arabia and on the air freight page.

Documents and customs clearance

The papers are prepared before the shipment moves, not at the crossing. We handle export clearance at the land crossing, the airport or the port, and coordinate arrival clearance with a broker in the destination country. What we need from you differs according to what you are shipping:

Type of shipment	Documents
Luggage and used furniture	National ID or residence permit and passport, contents list, and the final exit visa for a departing resident
Dates and family gifts	The sender’s ID, a list of the varieties and weights, and the consignee’s address and phone number
Commercial dates and food	Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, commercial registration, and health certificates according to the destination country
Commercial goods	Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and commercial registration
Car	Registration, export certificate and the owner’s ID

Each destination country has its own conditions on top of that. Someone returning to Jordan, for example, may have their used furniture exempted on conditions that are reviewed before shipping, and the Gulf states exempt a Saudi product on its certificate of origin. Our rule is this: we tell you what is applied today, and we confirm what is in force on the day of your shipment before loading. The explanation is on the required documents page and the customs clearance page.

What cannot be shipped from Qassim?

Some things are barred by the export rules, some by the destination country, and some travel by road but are not carried by air. One prohibited item in a single carton stops the whole truck at the crossing and delays other people’s shipments along with yours. That is why we ask what is in each carton before it is closed.

Item	Ruling	Reason
Flammable materials and gas cylinders	Not shipped	A danger to the truck and the aircraft
Medicines in quantity or without a prescription	Shipped only with the destination country’s approval	Subject to health controls
Cash, gold and jewellery	Not shipped within luggage	Not covered by insurance
Zamzam water	Not shipped as commercial cargo	Its export is limited to the traveller’s pack
Meat, dairy and perishable food	Not shipped in an ordinary load	It spoils, and most countries bar it
Palm offshoots, plants and seeds	Only with an agricultural permit	Plant quarantine in the destination country
Loose batteries, aerosols and perfume in quantity	By road on conditions, and not carried by air	Aviation safety rules

The full list is on the prohibited items page.

Countries and cities where we deliver Qassim shipments

Delivery is to the door in the main cities and their surroundings. The truck or flight reaches the distribution warehouse in the destination country, the shipment is cleared, and a small vehicle then carries it to the consignee’s address after phoning them. The table gathers the destinations most in demand from Qassim:

Country	Delivery cities	Method
Kuwait	Kuwait City, Hawalli, Salmiya, Farwaniya, Ahmadi and Jahra	Land and air
UAE	Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah	Land and air
Qatar	Doha, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah and Al Khor	Land and air
Bahrain	Manama, Muharraq, Riffa and Isa Town	Land and air
Oman	Muscat, Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah	Land and air
Jordan	Amman, Zarqa, Irbid and Aqaba	Land and air
Egypt	Cairo, Alexandria and the towns of the Delta and Upper Egypt	Truck and ferry, and air
Turkey	Istanbul, Mersin, Ankara and Izmir	Sea and air

The remaining countries are on the destinations page.

Steps for international shipping from Qassim

1. You send to 0552803439 what you want to ship as a list or photos, your town in Qassim, and the destination country and city.
2. We suggest the method and the crossing, airport or port, and check what the destination country requires.
3. You receive an itemised price, including the item for collection from Qassim, and the collection date.
4. The collection vehicle comes to your door, the furniture is dismantled, and everything is packed where it stands.
5. Each package is numbered and weighed or measured, and you receive the contents list and a collection receipt.
6. The shipment goes to the consolidation centre or straight to the crossing, and you receive the tracking number.
7. It is cleared for export, then cleared in the destination country.
8. It is delivered at the consignee’s door, the furniture is assembled, and the list is checked number by number.

Tracking and insurance

The distance between Qassim and the consignee’s door is long, and you are entitled to know where your shipment is at every stage. You receive a tracking number at loading. We tell you when the shipment leaves the consolidation centre, when it crosses the border or the flight takes off, and when it reaches the consignee’s city and a delivery time is set. You can ask at any time on WhatsApp during working hours, and follow it on the shipment tracking page.

Insurance is optional, and is calculated on the value you declare in the contents list. That is why a realistic value is written for each line, not one overall figure. What the insurance covers, what it does not, and how to claim are written in the booking confirmation, so read them before paying. The explanation is on the cargo insurance page.

Shipping to Qassim from abroad

The line works in both directions. Someone who has moved to work at a university or hospital in Buraidah or Unaizah ships furniture from their country to Qassim, a trader imports goods, and a family receives what relatives send from the Gulf. Our agent collects from the address in the country of origin, the shipment enters the Kingdom through the land crossing, airport or port, and it is then carried by closed truck to your door in Qassim.

• At Saudi customs: duty according to the item and 15% value added tax; used personal effects of someone arriving to live are treated under the rules currently applied.
• Conformity: goods subject to technical regulations need a conformity certificate before shipping.
• Gulf products: they enter on a Gulf certificate of origin with no customs duty.

Tips before shipping from Qassim

• Book one to two weeks ahead of your date, and earlier than that in the date season and around the Eid holidays.
• Send photos of each room instead of a list from memory, since a volume estimated from photos does not change on loading day.
• Write the consignee’s name and phone number in the destination country as they appear on their ID.
• Set apart what you will need in the first week after arrival in marked cartons that are unloaded first.
• Do not close a carton before its contents are recorded on the list.
• Buy dates in their original sealed cartons, and do not transfer them into bags.

How do you choose an international shipping company in Qassim?

Anyone who phones more than one firm hears widely differing prices for the same shipment. The difference is mostly not in the freight charge but in what the number includes and in how well the firm knows the road. The signs show from the first call:

What you ask about	Reassuring sign	Worrying sign
Legal status	Commercial registration and a receipt in the establishment’s name	A transfer to a personal account with no receipt
Collection from Qassim	An item written in the price, with its date	“Bring it to Riyadh yourself”
Route	Names the crossing, airport or port	“We deliver anywhere” with no detail
The list	Numbering, weighing and a list handed to you	Loading with no count and no paper
Delivery	Asks for the consignee’s city and address	Delivery at a warehouse, not at the door
Time	Distinguishes dedicated from shared	One time for every shipment

Common mistakes when shipping from Qassim

• Asking for sea freight to the Gulf, when a truck gets there in days at lower cost.
• Comparing a price that excludes collection from Qassim with one that includes it.
• Stacking soft dates in large cartons with no dividers and then sending them by road in summer.
• Putting off booking the truck until the peak of the date season.
• Writing “household items” on the list instead of naming what is in each carton.
• Shipping a car before finding out the age rule in the destination country.
• Handing back the house before arranging somewhere to store the furniture until the departure date.

Why Home Safe for international shipping from Qassim?

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

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Frequently asked questions about international shipping from Qassim

How much does international shipping from Qassim cost?

It is worked out on the prices of our nearest consolidation centre, in Riyadh, plus a haulage item from your town in Qassim that is set on request. A parcel of up to 5 kilograms to the Gulf starts from SAR 32, a carton from SAR 140, a cubic metre from SAR 550, a bedroom to Kuwait from SAR 920, a car to a Gulf country from SAR 1,100, and an air kilogram from SAR 14.

Do you collect in Buraidah, Unaizah and Ar Rass themselves?

Yes. The collection vehicle comes to the door of your home, warehouse or farm in Buraidah, Unaizah, Ar Rass, Al Bukayriyah, Al Mithnab, Al Badayea, Riyadh Al Khabra and the other governorates. Whatever you are sending is packed on the spot, each package is numbered and weighed, and it then joins the truck heading for its destination.

Qassim has no port, so how do you ship by sea from it?

The container is loaded in Qassim, or the shipment travels to the port in a closed truck. Jeddah Islamic Port is about 940 km from Buraidah and is the right choice for Europe, Turkey, Africa and the Americas. King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam is about 730 km away and is the right choice for India and East Asia. We name the port for you before you book.

Does air freight leave directly from Qassim airport?

It does when there is a flight to the destination with enough cargo space for the consignment. Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Airport has passenger flights to Gulf cities, Cairo and Istanbul, depending on the timetable in force. Anything Qassim airport does not suit is taken by road to King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, about 330 km away, and flies from there.

How long does land freight take from Qassim to the Gulf states?

A dedicated truck delivers in Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait in 2 to 3 days, in the UAE in 3 to 5 days, and in Oman in 4 to 6 days. A shared load takes 2 to 4 days longer, because it waits at the consolidation centre for the truck to fill.

How long does a shipment take from Qassim to Jordan?

The truck heads north through Hail and Al-Jouf to the Haditha crossing near Qurayyat, and enters Jordan at the Al-Omari post. A dedicated truck delivers in Amman in 3 to 6 days, and a shared load in 6 to 10 days, depending on when it fills and how quickly it clears.

Do you ship Qassim dates abroad?

Yes, and they are the most common shipment from the region. Dry Sukkari dates travel by road in well-sealed cartons to the Gulf and Jordan, while fresh rutab and urgent quantities go by air. A family gift is shipped with a contents list; a commercial quantity needs an invoice, a certificate of origin and whatever health certificates the destination country asks for.

When is the date-shipping season in Buraidah?

The market season in Buraidah opens at the start of August and runs for about 75 days, and demand for trucks and flights rises with it. Anyone who books before the peak of the season secures a place on the nearest departure. Stored and packed dates are shipped in the remaining months of the year.

Do you move the furniture of a whole home from Qassim to another country?

Yes. The furniture is surveyed from photos or on a visit, then a crew arrives to dismantle bedrooms, wardrobes, kitchens and air conditioners, wrap each piece in what suits it, and write a numbered list. The furniture is loaded into a closed truck or a container, then delivered and reassembled in the new home in the destination country.

Do you ship cars from Qassim?

Yes. To the Gulf on a car carrier: Qatar from SAR 1,100, Bahrain from SAR 1,380, the UAE from SAR 1,650 and Kuwait from SAR 1,850. To the rest of the world by sea from SAR 2,800 for a saloon by RoRo. A haulage item for moving the car from Qassim is added and is set on request.

What documents are needed to ship from Qassim?

For luggage and furniture: a copy of the national ID or residence permit and the passport, the contents list, and the final exit visa for a departing resident. For a car: the registration, the export certificate and the owner’s ID. For commercial goods: an invoice, a packing list, a certificate of origin and a commercial registration.

Do you store furniture if I hand the house back before the shipping date?

Yes. The furniture goes, wrapped and numbered, to a closed warehouse and stays there until the departure date or until the destination paperwork is ready. The storage period and its charge are written in the booking confirmation, and the furniture leaves the warehouse for the truck without being wrapped again.

Can I ship just one carton or one suitcase?

Yes. A carton, a suitcase or a small parcel travels in a shared load, and you pay only for the volume you sent. A carton to the Gulf starts from SAR 140, and a parcel of up to 5 kilograms from SAR 32. If it is urgent it goes by air from SAR 14 per kilogram.

Is the shipment insured, and how do I follow it?

Insurance is an optional service calculated on the value declared in the contents list, and its terms are written in the booking confirmation. You receive a tracking number at loading, and we tell you when the shipment crosses the border or the flight takes off, and when it reaches the consignee’s city.

How do I book, and what are the working hours?

Call or message us on WhatsApp on 0552803439 from 7 am to 11 pm. Send what you want to ship as a list or photos, the name of your town in Qassim, and the destination country and city. You receive an itemised price and a collection date.