BRENT LIVE
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EIA spot $88.24 · 25 Aug
WTI LIVE
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EIA spot $83.90 · 25 Aug
JET A-1 LIVE IND.
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USD / bbl · $3.62/gal · $1188/t
Live Brent + $63.76/bbl jet crack (EIA 25 Aug) · EIA USGC spot $3.62/gal
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Fifteen plain-English guides to moving goods into and out of the Kingdom — clearance, documents, Fasah, HS codes and duty, VAT, restricted goods, temporary admission, re-export, bonded zones, dangerous goods, pharmaceuticals, food and personal effects. Every rule names the authority behind it.
How to import commercial goods into Saudi Arabia
Registration, conformity, declaration, release
The Saudi customs clearance process
Advance filing to delivery order, stage by stage
Documents needed to import into Saudi Arabia
Invoice, bill of lading, origin — and the rest
How Fasah works
The single window every declaration passes through
How to track a Saudi customs declaration
Where the status lives, and what it means
Saudi HS codes and customs duty
12-digit GCC tariff, CIF valuation, rulings
VAT on imported goods
15% on CIF plus duty — and how to defer it
Restricted and prohibited imports
What cannot enter, and what needs a permit
Temporary import procedures
ATA carnets, accepted since June 2024
Re-export procedures
Export fees waived · returned goods relief
Bonded warehouse and bonded zone rules
Duty, VAT and excise suspended, indefinitely
Dangerous-goods shipment requirements
IMDG, IATA, and approval before discharge
Pharmaceutical import requirements
SFDA registration, local agent, shipment permits
Food-import clearance requirements
Halal now reaches well beyond meat
Personal effects versus commercial cargo
Where customs draws the line, and why
Standing profiles of the Kingdom’s cargo gateways — operator and ownership, coordinates, berths and terminals, published capacity, carriers, rail and road links, customs, cold chain and dangerous goods. These change when the facts change, not when the wire moves. Where an authority publishes no figure, they print n/p rather than an estimate.
The Morning Manifest
One briefing, every morning at 07:00 Riyadh time — the cargo and freight stories that matter across the Kingdom and the region.
