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Shipping label for Saudi Arabia
Fill in the recipient, print at 100 × 150 mm, and the locality lines come out in the order Saudi Post | SPL expects.
Saudi Arabia address format: how a local address is written
Recipient name first, then the street line, then the locality. In Saudi Arabia the locality line reads: City then postal code, on the same line.
- Address layout
- City then postal code, on the same line.
- Postal code
- 12211
- Code format
- Five digits.
- State or province
- Not used
- Country line
- SAUDI ARABIA
- Local script
- Arabic script
- Currency
- SAR
- Dialling code
- +966
- Customs status
- Outside the EU
Local addresses in Saudi Arabia are written in Arabic script. For an inbound parcel, write the address in the Latin alphabet; adding the local version underneath helps the courier on the last leg.
Local conventions worth getting right in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi national address has six parts: a four digit building number, the street, the district, the city, a five digit postal code, and a four digit additional number written after a hyphen, as in Riyadh 11564-3456. The additional number pinpoints the building inside the postal zone, so include it whenever the recipient has given it to you. The district does as much routing work here as the street.
If nobody is home when the parcel reaches Saudi Arabia
SPL sets the collection window by service class, and the two are far apart: an express shipment waits ten days at the recipient’s branch, while an economy one waits thirty. In both cases an uncollected item then goes back to the sender’s branch and is held there for the same period again, so a parcel can be recoverable for well over a month rather than being lost the moment the first window closes. Saudi addresses are building number, street, district, city and a five digit code, and the district is what a driver actually navigates by.
Worked example: a parcel arriving in Riyadh
Sarah Whitfield 27 Weaver Street RIYADH 12211 SAUDI ARABIA
The last line is the destination country in English capitals, so the exporting post office can sort the item without reading the local script.
Saudi Arabia uses postal codes. A valid one looks like 12211, the code for Riyadh.
The national postal operator is Saudi Post | SPL.
No state or province is used in a Saudi Arabia address. The city line and postal code are enough.
Generate a label for Saudi Arabia
The destination is already set to Saudi Arabia. The CN22 customs block appears on its own whenever the route needs one.
Shipment details
An address and handling label, not a carrier label: no postage, no tracking number. The barcode is your own order reference. Print it and add the carrier’s own label at drop-off.
Live label
This parcel needs a CN22 and this template has no room to print one. Switch to the portrait or landscape template, or attach the declaration to the parcel separately.
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Customs status
Saudi Arabia is outside the EU customs union, so every inbound parcel needs a customs declaration: a CN22 on the label itself below roughly 300 SDR, a CN23 on a separate sheet above it.
Track a parcel to Saudi Arabia
Have a tracking number for a parcel to Saudi Arabia? Paste it here and Labelbench opens the carrier’s page with it filled in.
Inbound items are usually delivered by Saudi Post | SPL on the last leg, whichever carrier collected them.
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Sending to Saudi Arabia from abroad
Once the parcel crosses a border, the last address line must read SAUDI ARABIA in Latin capitals and a customs declaration is required, unless the route stays inside the EU customs union.
Sending inside Saudi Arabia
For a domestic parcel, drop the country line and the customs block. Everything else on the label stays the same.
Straight answers · Saudi Arabia
What this does, and what it does not
Is this an official postal label for Saudi Arabia?
No, and no website can produce one. A carrier label carries a tracking number only Saudi Post | SPL or a courier can issue against your account. This is an address and handling label: print it, tape it to the box, and add the carrier’s tracking label beside it at drop-off.
Does a parcel sent to Saudi Arabia need a customs form?
Only if the parcel starts in a different country. Domestic shipments inside Saudi Arabia need no customs paperwork. For inbound international parcels, a CN22 is required below roughly 300 SDR and is added to the label automatically; heavier or more valuable consignments need a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Can I write the address in Arabic script?
Local addresses in Saudi Arabia are written in Arabic script. For an inbound parcel, write the address in the Latin alphabet; adding the local version underneath helps the courier on the last leg.
Guides for shipping to Saudi Arabia
The format is only part of it: customs paperwork and handling are what send parcels back.
How to fill in a CN22 customs form
Every box explained, plus the three entries that get parcels stopped.
Declared value: what to write, and who pays the duty
What goes in the value box, and who gets the bill at the other end.
HS tariff codes: how to find the right one
Six digits that set the duty rate, and how to find yours without paying anyone.
How to write an international address
One rule that never changes, and the local conventions that do.