Film-faced plywood
shipped to Saudi Arabia.
2440 × 1220 mm panels, 12–20 mm, combi core, FOB Xiamen or CIF Jeddah and Dammam — what a Saudi buyer needs to know before asking for a price.
Ports and terms
| Port of loading | Xiamen, FOB |
| Ports of discharge | Jeddah (Red Sea), Dammam and Jubail (Arabian Gulf); inland delivery to Riyadh via the dry port |
| Sailing time | Confirmed against the carrier’s schedule when the shipment is booked — we do not quote a transit time we cannot hold |
| Loading per 40HQ | 12 mm 1,400 panels · 15 mm 1,200 · 18 mm 930–960; payload limit about 28.5 t |
| Documents we issue | Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, CMA test report on request; fumigation for wood packing where required |
| Importer-side conformity | Saudi Arabia routes regulated building products through SABER. The importer opens the product and shipment certificates with a notified body; we supply the species, construction and test data their application needs. Confirm with your broker whether your tariff line is in scope |
Market band, then the freight line
Publicly quoted bands for combi-core film-faced plywood sit at about USD 320–410 per m³ (Woodexy, 2026). That is the market, not our quotation. Our CIF Jeddah or Dammam figure is built as: FOB Xiamen value + ocean freight + insurance + origin charges, with ocean freight confirmed at booking because it moves weekly.
No landed price is printed here. A number written into a page becomes stale the week the freight moves, and a stale price is worse than no price — the pricing page shows what each variable does to the total.
18 mm, black film, mixed loads
Most enquiries from Riyadh and Dammam contractors are 18 mm black film-faced for slab and wall formwork, with the top-up in 12 mm for columns and hoarding. The combi core holds the screw and the release agent better than a poplar core, and it is declared on the invoice as three species, not as one.
One container, then judge it
One 40HQ, 100 % T/T before loading, quotation valid seven days, inspection at the plant before the container is sealed. Send thickness mix, port and packing marks and we reply with a formal quotation — WhatsApp +86 150 1447 5112 reaches the export desk directly.
Three buyers ask on the first call
Do you deliver to Riyadh?
We ship to Jeddah or Dammam; carriage inland to Riyadh is arranged by the importer’s forwarder or through the dry port. We do not hold stock in the Kingdom and do not claim a local warehouse.
What is the minimum order into Saudi Arabia?
One 40HQ. Mixed thicknesses in the same container are quoted as one order.
Does film-faced plywood need SABER clearance?
The conformity route follows the product category in the Saudi technical regulations. Where it applies, the importer opens the product and shipment certificates with a notified body, and we supply the species declaration, construction data and test report the application asks for.