SASO Certification
Get your products certified and ready for export to Saudi Arabia.
Get your products certified and ready for export to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) oversees the Saudi Product Safety Program, SALEEM, ensuring products entering the Saudi market are safe, secure, and free from defects that could harm consumers or the environment. The SABER platform, fully integrated with the FASAH system since July 2020, simplifies the certification process by enabling automatic verification of Shipment Certificates of Conformity (SCoC), facilitating smooth and efficient customs clearance.
Key Updates:
Effective January 1, 2025:
All shipments to Saudi Arabia require both a Product Certificate of Conformity (PCoC) and an SCoC issued through the SABER platform. Letters of Undertaking are no longer accepted for customs clearance, and obtaining certificates post-arrival is considered a violation, risking shipment re-export.
Effective September 15, 2025:
New list of HS CODE Added which requires importers to provide a declaration approved by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources when requesting SCoCs via SABER, enhancing compliance with technical regulations.
Importers of regulated products must register via SABER to obtain Product Certificates of Conformity, ensuring compliance with SASO’s Technical Regulations (TRs). All consignments (regulated and non-regulated) require SABER Shipment certificates for smooth customs clearance at Saudi ports.
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QIMA is one of the SASO approved Conformity Assessment Bodies (CB) and is authorized to issue Certificates of Conformity for products exporting from the following regions:
Additionally, QIMA has received accreditation from the Saudi Accreditation Center (SAAC) for ISO/IEC 17065:2012, encompassing the SASO and SFDA scopes for the Middle East region.
SABER is a platform that allows importers and local manufacturers to electronically obtain the required Certificate of Conformity and Certificate of Shipment Conformity for consumer goods, whether they were imported or locally manufactured to enter the Saudi market. The platform aims to protect the businesses from fraud and ensure that products are free from defects that may affect the health and safety of consumers.
Importers and local manufacturers can request a Certificate of Conformity (both Product and Shipment Certificates of Conformity) for their products easily through SABER.
The mechanism of the SABER system is divided into 3 steps as below.
*Risk level of product
The risk level of a product is assigned by the system based on the supplied HS code and product category. Those items that are not regulated by any Saudi Arabian technical regulations are classified as low-risk items.
The importer inputs details of the product into SABER
The SABER system verifies if the product is regulated or not based on HS code or product category
Scope: Products that are regulated by Saudi Arabia TR. Click here for a list of technical regulations. For products not regulated by Saudi Arabia TR, self-declaration according to the approved forms by SASO is sufficient – , Type Approval Certificates are not needed.
Validity: One year
Required documents:
Conformity documents such as test reports, quality certificates, risk assessment reports, inspection report etc., if applicable
Design, dimensions, plans, specification photo of the products, if applicable
The Type Approval Certificate will be issued through the SABER system after compliance to relevant standards is proven and after approval by SASO Approved Conformity Assessment Body.
Scope: All products
Validity: Per consignment
Required documents:
Type Approval Certificate or self-declaration
Shipment document, such as invoice, packing list etc.
A Shipment Certificate is required for each consignment. Issuance of Shipment Certificates for shipments of non-regulated products and regulated products are done through SABER.
On July 1, 2020 the SABER platform was linked with the FASAH system. This integration ensures the automatic verification of Shipment Certificates – there is no need to print a Shipment Certificate of Conformity (SCoC) as it will automatically be in the FASAH system. Any shipment to Saudi Arabia that does not have an SCoC will be required to be re-exported.
QIMA is able to approve Product Certificates of Conformity for a number of product categories. The table below contains details on these SASO approved Technical Regulations, their scope and type of approval.
A note on approval types: Approval types 1a, 3 and 5 refer to the assessment types defined in ISO/IEC 17067. Different conformity assessment activities are required for each type as applicable:
Type 1a: Product testing / inspection
Type 3: Product testing / factory inspection / audit
Type 5: Product testing / factory inspection / surveillance factory audit
*Textile Products & Auto Spare Parts are subject to a Categorized Conformity Assessment which enables similar products to be grouped together covered by a single PCoC. This effectively reduces the number of PCoCs required for importing products into Saudi Arabia and streamlines the certification process.
For a full list of SASO approved Technical Regulations, click here.
Please note the following:
QIMA will stop issuing any SASO CoC for regulated products under the remaining technical regulations (TR) from the SABER system / SABER CoC program starting on 15/01/2020.
QIMA will issue only the PCoCs for regulated products from the SABER platform.
All traders shall obtain the shipment certificate for all non-regulated products via the SABER platform.
Starting from 15/02/2020, no shipment will enter Saudi Arabia unless it has the required certifications via SABER only.
Starting from 01/01/2025 : ALL Shipments need to have SABER Shipment COC (Regulated and Non-Regulated) and no undertaking will be allowed at Saudi Customs.
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