Shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium 0552803439 | Cars, Furniture and Goods to Brussels and Antwerp

Ship your car, furniture and goods from Saudi Arabia to Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Liège, by sea in 25–38 days or by air in 3–6 days. A car from SAR 2,800, a furniture part load from SAR 5,500, and air from SAR 23 per kg. Cars go to Zeebrugge by RoRo and containers to Antwerp, with a customs and exemption review before shipping, and delivery on to Luxembourg and neighbouring countries.

Home Safe ships from Saudi Arabia to Belgium by sea to the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, and by air to Brussels and Liège. Sailing from Jeddah takes 14 to 20 days, door to door takes 25 to 38 days, and air takes 3 to 6 days. Shipping a sedan by sea starts from SAR 2,800. To book: 0552803439.

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Who ships from Saudi Arabia to Belgium, and what do they ship?
Route and transit time from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
Cost of shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
Sea freight to Belgium: full container or part load?
Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
Movers’ furniture and the transfer-of-residence exemption
Packing for shipping to Belgium
Shipping commercial goods to Belgium
Documents required for shipping to Belgium
What cannot be shipped to Belgium or needs a permit
Delivery in Belgian cities and beyond
Belgium as a gateway to neighbouring countries
Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
Collection from the Kingdom’s cities
Storage before shipping
Steps to ship from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
Tracking and insurance
Shipping from Belgium to Saudi Arabia
How do you choose a shipping company to Belgium?
Common mistakes when shipping to Belgium
Why Home Safe for shipping to Belgium?
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Frequently asked questions about shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium
How much does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium cost?
How long does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium take?
Which port is a car shipped to in Belgium?
How much is customs on a car in Belgium?
Is someone moving their residence exempt from customs?
Can a Saudi car be registered in Belgium?
What is the cheapest way to ship to Belgium?
Do you ship to Brussels, Liège and Ghent?
Do you ship to Luxembourg via Belgium?
What cannot be shipped to Belgium?
Do you ship from Riyadh and Dammam to Belgium?
Do you ship commercial goods to Belgium?
When should I ship my belongings before travelling?
Is the shipment insured?
Do you ship from Belgium to Saudi Arabia?

Route: Jeddah → Suez Canal → Gibraltar → North Sea → Antwerp or Zeebrugge · Sea distance: about 4,000 nautical miles · Time: 25–38 days.

In brief

Shipping methods: full container or part load, RoRo for cars, and air.
Ports: Antwerp for containers, and Zeebrugge for cars.
Time: 25–38 days by sea, and 3–6 days by air.
Prices start from: SAR 2,800 for a car, SAR 5,500 for a furniture part load, and SAR 23 per kg by air.
Customs: European Union rules, and 21% VAT.
Location: a gateway to Luxembourg, northern France and western Germany.
Booking: 0552803439 by phone or WhatsApp.

Who ships from Saudi Arabia to Belgium, and what do they ship?

Belgium is a small country with a large port. So people ship to it who live there, and people who live in the countries around it and want the port nearest their home.

Shipper	What they ship	Most suitable method
An employee moving to Brussels	Home furniture and belongings	Full container or part load with the transfer-of-residence exemption
A student	Cartons of clothes and books	Shared boxes by sea, and an urgent carton by air
A car owner	An ordinary, luxury or classic car	RoRo to Zeebrugge, and a container for a luxury car
A resident of Luxembourg or northern France	Furniture or a car	Antwerp or Zeebrugge, then by road under a transit document
A trader or exporter	Dates, petrochemicals and Saudi products	Container to Antwerp, and air to Liège
Someone sending a gift or document	A small parcel or papers	Express shipping door to door

Route and transit time from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

The vessel crosses the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, then sails round Spain and up to the North Sea. The Port of Antwerp is a main call on this route, and many vessels reach it directly.

Method	Sailing or flight time	Door to door	Suits
Full container to Antwerp	14–20 days	25–35 days	A full home’s furniture and goods
Part load	16–24 days	30–38 days	Under 15 m³ and students’ belongings
RoRo to Zeebrugge	14–20 days	24–32 days	Running cars
Air to Brussels or Liège	Hours	3–6 days	Urgent and light belongings

Antwerp is Europe’s second-largest port, so its services from Jeddah are many and closely spaced.

What lengthens the time?

Waiting for consolidation: a part load waits for the shared container to fill.
The RoRo sailing date: RoRo sailings are fewer than container sailings, so the car may wait some days.
Missing paperwork: an unsigned list, or town hall registration not yet done.
Port congestion: Antwerp is busy in some seasons, which delays the container’s release.
Customs inspection: adds days if the container is selected for examination.
Holidays: July and August are the holiday season, and work is slower.

Cost of shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

The price is set by the method, the volume and the city. These are the starting prices of our services, and you receive your shipment’s price the same day if you send its details to 0552803439.

Service	Price starts from
Sedan by sea	SAR 2,800
Furniture and belongings, part load by sea	SAR 5,500
Full home furniture container	SAR 11,000
Air freight per kg	SAR 23
Express parcel up to 5 kg	SAR 110
Express documents up to 1 kg	SAR 83

What sets the price	Its effect
Volume or weight	Work it out with the CBM calculator
The method	RoRo is cheapest for a car, and a part load for small volumes
Inland transport	The country is small, so every city is near the port
Delivery	Old town houses have narrow stairs, and an exterior lift may be needed
Insurance	Optional, a percentage of the value

How do you lower the cost?

Ship a running car by RoRo, not in a container.
Dismantle beds, tables and wardrobes; volume is what you pay for.
Do not ship large old appliances; they cost less there than their freight.
Ship a part load if your volume is under 15 cubic metres.
Prepare the exemption paperwork before the shipment arrives; storage charges at the port are high.

Sea freight to Belgium: full container or part load?

Sea freight is the basis for anything large. The first question is whether you fill a container or share one.

Comparison	Part load	20ft container	40ft container
Suitable volume	Up to 15 m³	15–28 m³	30–60 m³
Suits	A student’s belongings, one or two rooms	A two- to three-room flat	A villa, or furniture with a car
Charged	Per cubic metre	A price per container	A price per container
Time	Longer because of consolidation	Shorter	Shorter
Handling	Moved between two warehouses	Sealed at your home and opened at the consignee’s	Sealed at your home and opened at the consignee’s

If your volume is close to 15 cubic metres, compare both prices; a full container may be cheaper and safer. Container dimensions are on the container sizes page, and the method is detailed on the sea freight page.

Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

Car shipping from Saudi Arabia to the Port of Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge is one of the largest car ports in the world, and many cars bound for Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany enter Europe through it.

Method: RoRo for a running car, and a container to Antwerp for luxury and classic cars.
Charges: 10% customs duty on the value of the car and its freight, then 21% VAT on the total.
Proof of clearance: Belgian customs records the car’s clearance with the vehicle registration authority; there is no registration without it.
Inspection: a technical inspection and individual conformity approval for a Gulf-specification car, which may need changes to lighting and emissions.
Registration tax: differs between Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels, and is calculated on emissions or power and age.
Transit: a car bound for another European country leaves Zeebrugge under a transit document and is cleared in its own country.

A worked example: a car worth SAR 60,000 with freight of SAR 2,800.

Item	Calculation	Amount
Value with freight	60,000 + 2,800	SAR 62,800
Customs duty 10%	62,800 × 10%	SAR 6,280
VAT 21%	(62,800 + 6,280) × 21%	SAR 14,507
Total before registration tax and conformity	6,280 + 14,507	SAR 20,787

Do the sums before you ship: the registration tax changes with the region you will live in. Tell us your address so we can work it out with the duty and VAT before booking.

The general conditions are in the article car shipping from Saudi Arabia, and the method on the RoRo shipping page.

Movers’ furniture and the transfer-of-residence exemption

Moving relocation furniture from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

Brussels hosts many European and international institutions, and their staff and those moving for work and study are the people who most often ship furniture there.

Previous residence: at least 12 months outside the European Union.
Ownership and use: 6 months before the move.
No sale: for 12 months after entry.
Time limit: belongings are brought in within 12 months of the move.
The list: detailed and signed, in English, French or Dutch.
Proof: evidence of previous residence, and your registration with the town hall of your new home.

The exemption covers used items, not new ones. Anything you bought weeks before travelling and that is still in its carton is taxed. We prepare the list during packing, carton by carton. Details are on the furniture shipping page.

Packing for shipping to Belgium

The container goes from the heat of the Red Sea to the cold and damp of the North Sea. Packing is prepared for that difference, not for the route alone.

Wooden furniture: blankets, then corrugated cardboard, and corner protection.
Glass, mirrors and paintings: heat-treated wooden crates with the ISPM 15 stamp.
Appliances: dried, with moving parts secured. The plug there differs from Saudi Arabia’s.
Humidity: moisture-absorbing bags inside the container, and cartons that do not touch its walls.
Cartons: five-ply, numbered, with contents recorded on the list.

All the methods are in the packing guide.

Shipping commercial goods to Belgium

Antwerp is one of Europe’s most important ports for chemicals and general cargo, and Belgium is a member of the European Union. Goods cleared there then move freely within the Union.

Importer number: the importer needs a European customs identification number before the shipment arrives.
Duties: according to the European tariff heading for each product, plus VAT of 21% in most cases.
Conformity: appliances, toys and cosmetics have European conformity requirements.
Transit: goods bound for another country leave the port under a transit document and are cleared there.
Samples and urgent goods: by air to Liège or Brussels.

Details are on the commercial shipping page.

Documents required for shipping to Belgium

Type of shipment	Documents
Belongings and furniture	Passport, a signed list of contents, and proof of both residences
A car	Registration, export certificate and purchase invoice
Commercial goods	Invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, and the importer’s European customs number
Parcels and gifts	A description of the contents and their value, and the consignee’s address and mobile number

The documents are explained on the required documents page, and customs procedures on the customs clearance page.

What cannot be shipped to Belgium or needs a permit

Item	Rule
Meat, dairy and their products	Prohibited in personal belongings
Counterfeits	Confiscated, with a fine
Plants and seeds	With a phytosanitary certificate
Medicines	Personal quantities with a prescription
Wooden crates	Of heat-treated wood with the ISPM 15 stamp
Weapons and ammunition	Prohibited without a licence
Perfumes and batteries	Conditional by air; shipped by sea

The general list is on the prohibited items page.

Delivery in Belgian cities and beyond

A truck reaches the Belgian city farthest from Antwerp in two hours. So inland transport is a small item here, unlike in most European countries.

City	Distance from Antwerp
Antwerp and Mechelen	Up to 25 km
Brussels and Leuven	45–60 km
Ghent	About 60 km
Bruges	About 95 km
Charleroi	About 100 km
Liège	About 130 km
Luxembourg	About 260 km

Old town houses are tall with narrow stairs, and large furniture is raised from outside to the window. State the floor and the type of building when booking. Destination details are on the shipping to Belgium page.

Belgium as a gateway to neighbouring countries

For someone living near Belgium’s borders, Antwerp may be closer than their own country’s port. The shipment leaves the port under a transit document, so its charges are paid not in Belgium but in the destination country.

Destination	Distance from Antwerp	Where it is cleared
Luxembourg	About 260 km	In Luxembourg
Lille, northern France	About 125 km	In France
Aachen and Cologne, western Germany	150–210 km	In Germany
Eindhoven, southern Netherlands	About 90 km	In the Netherlands

Air freight from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

Belgium has two cargo airports: Brussels, and Liège, one of Europe’s largest air cargo hubs. The shipment arrives in 3 to 6 days.

For whom: students’ urgent belongings, samples, spare parts and high-value goods.
Calculation: by chargeable weight. Work it out with the volumetric weight calculator.
Price: starts from SAR 23 per kg, and falls as the weight rises.
Service: to the airport, or to the consignee’s door with clearance.
What it does not suit: large furniture, which costs several times more by air than by sea.

Details are on the air freight page and in the article air freight office in Jeddah.

Collection from the Kingdom’s cities

Your city	Sea freight	Air freight
Jeddah, Makkah and Taif	Jeddah Islamic Port directly	King Abdulaziz Airport
Riyadh and Qassim	Truck to Jeddah port	King Khalid Airport
Dammam, Khobar and Jubail	Truck to Jeddah port, or from Dammam port	King Fahd Airport
Madinah, Tabuk and Abha	Truck to Jeddah port	Jeddah airport

We pack and load at your location wherever you are. Jeddah port is the nearest to Europe because it lies on the Suez Canal route. The cities we serve are on the cities page.

Storage before shipping

The exemption needs your registration with the town hall of your new home. If you hand over your home in the Kingdom before your address there is ready, we store your shipment in a closed warehouse in Jeddah, packed and inventoried, and load it when you set the date. Details are on the storage page.

Steps to ship from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

You send what you are shipping and your Belgian city.
We review your case: exemption or charges, and which port.
You receive the price with the method and the time.
Collection and packing with the inventory.
Export clearance and shipping.
Clearance in Antwerp or Zeebrugge.
Delivery to the address.

Tracking and insurance

Tracking: with the container or bill of lading number, and we update you at sailing, arrival and clearance. Details are on the track your shipment page.
Record: photos of every item before packing and after loading.
Insurance: optional, calculated as a percentage of the declared value. Details are on the cargo insurance page.
On receipt: inspect the shipment and note any remark on the delivery report before signing.

Shipping from Belgium to Saudi Arabia

We also ship in the opposite direction through our agent there: the furniture of returning students and families, purchases, and commercial goods. A car coming to the Kingdom is subject to Saudi import conditions on age and specifications, so ask before you buy it. Commercial goods need a Saudi conformity certificate before shipping.

How do you choose a shipping company to Belgium?

What to ask about	Reassuring sign	Warning sign
The port	Zeebrugge for the car and Antwerp for the container	Does not distinguish the two ports
Customs	Reviews the exemption conditions with you before shipping	“No customs” without asking about your case
The car	Asks which region you will live in	Mentions freight only
Transit	Knows the transit document if you are bound for a neighbouring country	Clears in Belgium, then moves it on
Delivery	Asks about the floor and the type of building	“To the door” with no detail
The price	Itemised	A lump sum

Common mistakes when shipping to Belgium

Calculating charges without the registration tax, which differs by the region you will live in.
Shipping before registering with the town hall: the exemption is delayed.
Animal food products in the cartons.
Crates of untreated wood.
Overlooking narrow stairs at delivery.
A vague list of contents.
Clearing a shipment in Belgium when it is bound for another country: charges are paid in the wrong place.

Why Home Safe for shipping to Belgium?

A registered establishment

Home Safe Logistics Services Establishment, commercial registration 4030601060.

The right port

Zeebrugge for the car, and Antwerp for the container.

We review customs first

The exemption, VAT and registration tax.

To your front door

In Belgium and Luxembourg.

To book: 0552803439 by phone or WhatsApp, 7 am to 11 pm.

Frequently asked questions about shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

How much does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium cost?

A sedan by sea starts from SAR 2,800, a furniture part load from SAR 5,500, a home furniture container from SAR 11,000, and air freight from SAR 23 per kg. Send what you are shipping and your Belgian city to 0552803439.

How long does shipping from Saudi Arabia to Belgium take?

14 to 20 days’ sailing from Jeddah to Antwerp or Zeebrugge, and 25 to 38 days door to door. Air takes 3 to 6 days.

Which port is a car shipped to in Belgium?

To Zeebrugge by RoRo, one of the largest car ports in the world. To Antwerp if it is in a container.

How much is customs on a car in Belgium?

10% customs duty and 21% VAT, then a registration tax that differs between the three regions. Someone moving their residence is exempt from duty and VAT on conditions.

Is someone moving their residence exempt from customs?

Yes: at least 12 months’ residence outside the European Union, 6 months’ ownership of the belongings, and no sale for 12 months after entry.

Can a Saudi car be registered in Belgium?

Yes, after customs clearance is recorded with the registration authority, then a technical inspection and individual conformity approval. It may need modifications.

What is the cheapest way to ship to Belgium?

A sea part load for anything under 15 cubic metres, and RoRo for a running car.

Do you ship to Brussels, Liège and Ghent?

Yes. Brussels is about 45 km from Antwerp, Ghent about 60 km, and Liège about 130 km.

Do you ship to Luxembourg via Belgium?

Yes. Antwerp is the nearest major port to Luxembourg, about 260 km away.

What cannot be shipped to Belgium?

Meat, dairy and their products in personal belongings, counterfeits, and plants without a certificate. Medicines in personal quantities with a prescription.

Do you ship from Riyadh and Dammam to Belgium?

Yes. We collect from your location in any city; sea shipments are trucked to Jeddah Islamic Port, and air shipments leave from the nearest airport.

Do you ship commercial goods to Belgium?

Yes, by container, by the cubic metre or by air. The importer needs a European customs identification number, and some goods need European conformity certification.

When should I ship my belongings before travelling?

Five weeks before you travel for sea freight, and once you know your address and your town hall registration date if possible.

Is the shipment insured?

The carrier’s liability is limited. For a valuable shipment there is optional insurance calculated as a percentage of its declared value, with every item photographed.