SABER Certificate forAutomotive Filters
Oil, Fuel, Air, Cabin & Transmission Filters
Automotive filters share a heading with industrial filtration and almost nothing else. They are replacement service parts, declared against vehicle applications, and the line most often held at Saudi import is the one carrying a vehicle maker mark without the right to use it.
- CertificatePCoC / SCoC*Product Certificate of Conformity & Shipment Certificate
- PCoC CostUSD 300
- Processing Time2–3 Working Days
- SADAD FeesPaid by Importer
Product & Regulation
HS Code
HS 8421
Filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus, including the parts of it. The Saudi code runs longer than four digits and is confirmed from the specification, not from the product name.
Regulation
Filtration performance and automotive service part standards (ISO 4548 / ISO 5011 families); route and brand authorisation requirement under review
Candidate review point, not a declaration that this route applies. Confirmed against the current regulation and model scope before anything is claimed.
Product
Sealed filter assembly, loose filter element, or housing and head assembly
What the assessment reads the product as, which decides the evidence it asks for.
Types of Automotive Filters
Engine oil filters
Spin-on canisters and cartridge elements. A canister is a sealed assembly with valves inside it, so it is not interchangeable with an element on the file.
Air filters
Panel, cylindrical and conical intake elements. Media and frame construction, with efficiency and dust capacity as the declared figures.
Fuel filters
Inline, spin-on and in-tank filters, petrol and diesel. Diesel units with a water separator carry the separation claim as well.
Cabin and pollen filters
Particle and activated carbon cabin filters. An antibacterial or odour claim is an additional claim, assessed on its own evidence.
Transmission and hydraulic filters
Automatic transmission filters, strainers and power steering filters. Pressure-side products rather than service consumables.
Housings, heads and kits
Filter housings, mounting heads and service kits with seals. Hardware rather than media, and usually a separate classification.
Each type is confirmed on its own classification and evidence. Which of them a single certificate can cover depends on how closely the constructions and test reports match.
Documents Required
- Product Details & Model List(every part number and the vehicle applications declared for it)
- Datasheet & Manufacturer Details
- Lab Test Report(No report? We can arrange testing.)
- Commercial Invoice & Packing List(needed at the shipment stage, not to start)
The core set. On automotive filters the file also turns on the declared vehicle applications, the efficiency and capacity claimed, the media construction, and the brand or part-number marking carried on the product. Which further documents apply varies with the confirmed classification and the model scope, so the full list is issued per file rather than per category.
Sample Certificate
Illustrative layout only — not an issued certificate, and not a reproduction of one. Certificates are issued by approved conformity assessment bodies, not by BenzilaCert.
Application Examples
Typical files in this product family and the support they call for. Illustrative scenarios, not completed engagements.
- Example 01
Manufacturer shipping an aftermarket range
An illustrative filter maker with 900 part numbers across oil, air and fuel. The range is grouped by filter type and media family rather than by part number, since that is what the test evidence covers.
- Example 02
Importer with OE-marked stock
An illustrative consignment of filters carrying a vehicle maker part number. Brand authorisation is established before shipping, because the trademark question lands before the conformity one.
Get Your SABER Certificate
Send the Saudi HS Code if you have it, the product specification and a commercial invoice, and we will come back with the likely route and what is missing.
* Where applicable. Timelines and charges shown are indicative and subject to documentary review, and government and SADAD fees are separate from conformity body, testing and consultancy charges. The applicable Saudi regulation and the exact HS code must be confirmed from the product specification against the current SABER and ZATCA classification.
BenzilaCert is an independent consultancy providing application and documentation support. It is not SASO, SABER or a certificate-issuing authority, and does not issue conformity certificates.