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    NaOH flakes · prills · liquid • Dammam & Jubail 4–6 business days · Riyadh 5–7 • ISO 9001:2015 • JSRS

    Caustic Soda Supplier in Saudi Arabia

    Global Chemicals LLC exports caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, NaOH) to Saudi Arabia from stock in Muscat: flakes, prills and packed liquid in technical and food grade (E524). The Eastern Province is four to six business days by road and Riyadh five to seven. Saudi Arabia produces its own caustic soda; we serve buyers who want a second GCC source, packed forms, food grade, or caustic on the same truck as their other chemicals.

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    How is caustic soda delivered to Saudi Arabia?

    By road from Muscat for the Eastern Province and Riyadh; Jeddah and Yanbu by sea from Sohar Port, with transit quoted per sailing.

    Delivery pointLead time from Muscat
    Dammam, Khobar & Jubail4–6 business days by road
    Riyadh5–7 business days by road
    Jeddah & Yanbuby sea via Sohar Port, quoted per sailing

    Industrial areas served: Jubail Industrial City, Dammam 2nd & 3rd Industrial Cities, Riyadh 2nd Industrial City, Al Kharj, Jeddah Industrial City, Yanbu Industrial City.

    Who uses caustic soda in Saudi Arabia?

    • Food, dairy and date-processing plants — food-grade caustic for CIP, and lye peeling of fruit and vegetables
    • Soap, detergent and cleaning-product makers — flakes and prills for saponification and neutralisation
    • Water and wastewater plants — pH correction and effluent neutralisation
    • Refinery and petrochemical maintenance — caustic washing and line cleaning
    • Metal finishing and aluminium plants — etching and degreasing

    What caustic soda forms and pack sizes are available for Saudi Arabia?

    FormStrengthPacks
    Flakes (technical & food E524)98–99% NaOH25 kg bag · 1,000 kg big bag
    Prills (technical)99% min, 0.5–1.0 mm25 kg PP bag · 500 kg big bag
    Liquid (technical)32% · 48% · 50%25 L · 200 L drum · 1,000 L IBC · bulk on request
    Liquid (food grade, E524)30–50%25 L · 200 L drum · 1,000 L IBC

    Flakes or liquid for an export load?

    One kilogram of flakes or prills makes two kilograms of 50% solution, so a truck of solid caustic carries about twice the sodium hydroxide of the same weight of 50% liquid, and three times that of 32%. Solids suit plants with a dissolving tank and buyers who want stock that keeps for months when sealed and dry. Liquid suits continuous dosing by metering pump: no bags and no dissolving tank, though diluting 48–50% liquid still releases heat. Dissolving sodium hydroxide releases enough heat to boil a small volume of water, so add solids slowly to cold water and caustic to water, never water to caustic.

    What documents come with every consignment?

    Each consignment carries a Certificate of Analysis, a GHS Safety Data Sheet in English and Arabic, an HS-coded commercial invoice and the origin documents for the grade (a GCC Certificate of Origin for GCC-made product), and we support the conformity documentation your importer files. Tell us the end use and the consignee details when you enquire.

    Specifications, grades and pricing

    The full comparison of flakes, prills and liquid, with uses by industry, is on the caustic soda supplier Oman page. For the rest of the catalogue shipped to Saudi Arabia, see chemical supply to Saudi Arabia. Caustic soda to the UAE. Also shipped to Saudi Arabia: hydrochloric acid, nitric acid 68%.

    Caustic soda in Saudi Arabia — frequently asked questions

    Dammam, Khobar and Jubail are four to six business days by road from Muscat, and Riyadh five to seven. Jeddah and Yanbu are served by sea from Sohar Port, with the transit time quoted for each sailing.

    Saudi producers supply caustic soda in liquid and solid form, mostly to large contract buyers. We give plants a second GCC source: flakes and prills in 25 kg bags, packed liquid in jerricans, drums and IBCs, food grade (E524) with batch certificates, and mixed loads that put caustic on the same truck as acids, hypochlorite or other raw materials.

    For most industrial chemicals moving between GCC states, no: goods move between GCC states under the customs union. Your company is the importer of record; we prepare the commercial documents and support the conformity paperwork your importer files.

    Flakes 98–99% NaOH (moisture below 1%, sodium carbonate below 0.8%); prills 99% minimum as 0.5–1.0 mm beads; liquid at 32%, 48% or 50% (specific gravity about 1.35–1.52); each in technical grade, with flakes and liquid also in food grade (E524). CAS 1310-73-2.

    Solid caustic (flakes, prills) is UN 1823 and caustic solution UN 1824, both Class 8 (corrosive), packing group as stated on the Safety Data Sheet. Bags travel sealed and dry, because caustic absorbs moisture and carbon dioxide from air; liquid travels in UN-approved HDPE jerricans, drums and IBCs. Caustic is kept apart from acids and from aluminium, zinc and tin, which it attacks.