Handled quietly. Declared properly.
Handbags, watches, eyewear, jewellery and small leather goods — packed in plain outer cartons with no retail branding visible, insured at declared value, and classified before you buy.
We check first, you buy second.
Send the product link before you commit. We confirm whether the item can travel on the route to your destination, what packing it needs, and what HS code it will be declared under — then we quote.
For a watch or a handbag, those three answers can change the decision. A declared value that is too low risks seizure; one that is too high changes the duty. Getting it right before purchase is cheaper than getting it corrected after arrival.
What we will ask you for
The seller or source, the price actually paid, and any invoice or receipt that exists. Not because we doubt you, but because the number on the customs declaration has to be defensible against a payment record. A declaration that cannot be matched to a payment is the version that gets questioned.
What is included on every high-value shipment
These are not options. They apply to every item in this category, at every value.
| Handling | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Plain outer packaging | No retail branding, no brand name on the carton, no retail box visible from outside. |
| Insured declared value | Cover at the value on the declaration, not at a nominal amount. If it is worth declaring, it is worth insuring. |
| HS classification | Confirmed before purchase: leather goods, watches, eyewear and jewellery fall in different bands and attract different duty. |
| Serial numbers | Recorded and photographed on request, so the item that arrives is provably the item that left. |
| Photographs before dispatch | As with every other consignment — the difference here is that the photographs are also the insurance record. |
| Confidentiality | NDA and confidential handling available. Your supplier and your customer are not told about each other. |
The honest part
This is the section that decides whether a shipment arrives, and it is the reason we ask questions before we quote.
Authorisation is the document, not the object
A luxury item entering Saudi Arabia or the UAE without brand authorisation is treated as counterfeit, whatever its actual origin. Customs does not ask whether you paid for it. It asks for the authorisation chain — the invoice, the distributor, the provenance.
If we cannot establish that chain, we will tell you before you buy, and we will not carry the item. We would rather lose the order than lose the shipment at the border, where the loss is yours and the goods do not come back.
This is not a moral position, it is a practical one. A seized consignment of high-value goods is the worst outcome available to both of us: the goods are gone, the freight is spent, and there is no claim because the goods were never lawful to import.
The two lanes, and what differs for high-value goods
| Market | Duty band | What high-value goods add |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 5–15% depending on HS code | Authorisation chain checked; SABER does not cover branded luxury goods, so the invoice trail carries the weight |
| United Arab Emirates | 5% standard | Brand authorisation increasingly checked at Dubai; a re-export file must match the import file |
VAT is charged on CIF plus duty in both markets — 15% in Saudi Arabia, 5% in the UAE. On a high-value item this is the largest single line in the quote, and it is charged whether or not the item is genuine.
Luxury goods, answered plainly
Will the outer carton show the brand?
Can you ship a genuine item bought from a reseller?
What is the maximum value you will carry?
Is my shipment identifiable as valuable from the outside?
Send the link before you buy, not after.
We will confirm the HS code, the authorisation position and the landed cost — and tell you if the item should not travel at all.