A new decision was issued on 23/04/2011 by the competent authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will be effective on 22/05/2012 which includes a number of important points concerning the import of electrical appliances, as follow:
1. Stop import of electrical equipments, devices and accessories that operate on voltage (127) volts.
2. After five years of the issuance of the above decision, the import of the electrical equipments and accessories, will be only those operates on (220) or (230) volts.
3. Continue to allow the import and manufacturing of spare parts for electrical equipments and accessories that operate on (127) volts for a period of (15) years.
Source:
http://tuv-sud.cn/technical-news-download-file/items/Saudi_Arabia_banned_127V_en.html
