Shipping Destinations
Ship Machinery to UAE
Jebel Ali is a duty-free free-zone port and the region's main transshipment hub for the Gulf. Current carrier rates show 47-62 days from US ports and 74 days by 40HC from the Chicago rail ramp, port of loading to port of discharge.
Route Details
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What You Need to Know
Jebel Ali is a free-zone port with simplified customs procedures. Equipment must be clean and free of soil or organic residue before shipment. Meridian Freight coordinates pre-shipment inspections to meet UAE import standards and confirms any required cleaning work in the itemized quote. No import duty applies to most used machinery entering the Jebel Ali Free Zone.
How It Works
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One page per cargo type, each with how the shipment runs, what we handle and what we need to quote it.
- Import Farm Tractors from the USA to the UAEUsed US farm tractors imported through Jebel Ali: inspected at origin, shipped with export papers, a predictable 5% duty plus 5% VAT. Exporter, not a dealer.
- Import Heavy Equipment from the USA to the UAEUsed US excavators, loaders and dozers through Jebel Ali: verified at origin, shipped with export papers, 5% duty plus 5% VAT. Exporter, not a dealer.
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