Indian spice exporter to Saudi Arabia: cardamom and cumin, tested lot by lot.
Kerala green cardamom first, then cumin and turmeric. All of it grown for us on contract and tested against the limit named in your contract.
A Saudi buyer gets the same papers every time: GSO conformity documents, the phytosanitary certificate and a CoA for the lot.
Cardamom is graded on volatile oil, and the oil figure for your lot is printed on its CoA.
Import rules for spices in Saudi Arabia.
Rules last updated .
Required standards
- GSO 193:2021
- GSO pesticide MRL regulation
Organic scheme
No organic scheme required.
Spice sold here does not have to be certified organic.
What Saudi Arabia checks at the border
Gulf Technical Regulations apply across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, including GSO 382:2021 on pesticide residues and GSO 9:2022 on labelling.
GSO standards. This applies to every spice we ship to Saudi Arabia.
GSO standards apply across the six states. Your contract names the limit we test against.
Documents that ship with your container.
Extra for Saudi Arabia
- GSO conformity documentation
With every shipment
- Phytosanitary certificate
- Certificate of origin
- Certificate of analysis, per lot
- Commercial invoice and packing list
- Bill of lading
- FSSAI licence
- Importer Exporter Code (IEC)
Each spice adds its own test certificates, listed on its product page. Our registrations, with their numbers, are on the certifications page.
Lines we ship most to Saudi Arabia.
Each spice page has the grades, how we test it and the documents it ships with.
Tell us the spice, grade and port, and we will send a quote for Saudi Arabia.
Minimum 0.5 MT per spice. About 15 days from order to loading, on FOB, CIF or EXW.
Sahibzada Yamin Yaqoob runs the export desk and answers in English, Hindi, Urdu and Arabic. WhatsApp +91 93100 25122
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