Quick answer
Cosmetics, fragrance and personal-care products enter Saudi Arabia on SFDA rules: products are listed in SFDA's GHAD system and released through FASEH, linked to the FASAH declaration. Alcohol-based perfume is dangerous goods by air, so routing is confirmed from the safety data sheet. Safe Hands clears as a licensed customs broker and stores stock in an SFDA-licensed facility provided under your contract.
Cosmetics & Personal Care
Cosmetics are an SFDA product family: products are listed in SFDA's GHAD system and released through FASEH at clearance, while alcohol-based fragrance is dangerous goods by air. We clear as a licensed customs broker, prepare the SFDA file with the licence holder and keep stock in an SFDA-licensed facility provided under your contract.
Which Saudi approvals apply to Cosmetics & Personal Care?
| Product line | Approval | Who applies / our role |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic and personal-care products | Product listing in SFDA's GHAD system Source | The licence holder applies; we prepare the documents with you |
| Clearance of each shipment | SFDA release through FASEH, integrated with FASAH Source | Filed on FASAH by Safe Hands as a licensed customs broker |
| Cosmetics warehouse | SFDA establishment licence for the cosmetics warehouse, held on GHAD Source | The licence holder applies; we prepare the documents with you |
| Alcohol-based perfume by air | Dangerous goods rules for air transport (GACAR Part 109) Source | Routing confirmed from the safety data sheet |
What do official sources say about Cosmetics & Personal Care?
Where do Cosmetics & Personal Care shipments usually come from?
Cosmetics come from France and Italy for fragrance and prestige lines, the UK and the USA for skincare, and Turkey and China for volume personal-care products; every product, whatever its origin, is listed in SFDA's GHAD system. (Source, checked 13 Oct 2026)
Which freight modes and clearance apply to Cosmetics & Personal Care?
Cosmetics and personal-care stock usually travels by full container in larger volumes, because alcohol-based perfume is dangerous goods by air (GACAR Part 109) and its routing is confirmed from the safety data sheet; each shipment is released by SFDA through FASEH, integrated with FASAH. (Source, checked 13 Oct 2026)
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Storage for Cosmetics & Personal Care
SFDA-licensed facility provided under your contract.
Frequently Asked Questions
QDo cosmetics need SABER certificates?
Cosmetics follow SFDA rules: listing in GHAD and release through FASEH. We confirm by HS code whether any accessory, such as an electrical styling device, needs SABER instead.
QCan perfume go by air?
Alcohol-based perfume is dangerous goods by air, so routing is confirmed from the safety data sheet; larger volumes usually travel by full container.
QWho holds the SFDA file?
The listing and warehouse licence sit with the licence holder, usually your Saudi distributor or importer; we prepare the documents with you and clear the shipment.
QHow is cosmetics stock stored?
In an SFDA-licensed facility provided under your contract, with batch and expiry tracking and first-expiry, first-out dispatch.
QWhere do cosmetics imports usually come from?
France and Italy for fragrance and prestige lines, the UK and the USA for skincare, Turkey and China for volume personal-care products.
QWhen is the customs declaration filed?
Safe Hands, a licensed customs broker, files the FASAH declaration at least 48 hours before arrival, so cargo is released on discharge rather than waiting on documents. For cosmetics, SFDA release through FASEH is linked to that declaration.
QWhich Saudi gateway will my cargo use?
Sea freight clears at Jeddah Islamic Port (west) or King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam (east); air freight at King Khalid (Riyadh), King Abdulaziz (Jeddah) or King Fahd (Dammam) airports; trucks from the UAE at Al Batha and from Jordan at Al Haditha. Alcohol-based perfume is dangerous goods by air, so larger cosmetics volumes usually come by full container.
QHow do I get a quote?
Request an Import Quote with the product family attached to your request, or message us on WhatsApp; we reply within minutes on WhatsApp. For cosmetics, attach the safety data sheet for any alcohol-based perfume, since its routing by air is confirmed from it, and say whether the products are listed in GHAD.
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