Noon FBN Fees (2026): Outbound, Storage, Removal and Value-Added Rates in the UAE and KSA

noon publishes its Fulfilled by noon rate card in full as a service annex to the seller terms, one per country, which makes FBN unusually easy to model compared with most marketplaces. The annexes were revised on 10 September 2026 and storage rises again on 1 October 2026, so a fee sheet you downloaded in August is already out of date. Everything below is the published position as of September 2026, read from the UAE and KSA annexes on 27 September 2026.

One rule applies to every line: all FBN fees are exclusive of VAT and are charged per unit based on the product's dimensions and weight. Add 5% in the UAE and 15% in KSA. Locally VAT-registered sellers can normally recover that as input VAT using the noon fee tax invoices in Seller Lab; a non-resident seller on the cross-border lane generally cannot, which makes every number here effectively 5% or 15% higher for them. Rupee conversions are illustrative at Rs 23.50 per AED and Rs 23 per SAR.

What does FBN actually charge for?

The annex splits into four blocks. Default fees are the referral fee, the outbound fee and monthly storage. Circumstantial fees cover long-term storage, non-saleable storage, warranty, retention penalties, return administration and miscellaneous charges. Then there is the inventory removal fee for sending stock back to you, and optional inbound value-added services. There is no FBN subscription and no listing fee on the pages we read.

Referral fees are shared with the FBP annex and we cover the full category table in our noon seller fees guide. The short version as of September 2026: a minimum of 1 AED or 1 SAR per item, 27% on apparel and footwear, 14% as the all-other-categories default, 5% to 6% on phones and laptops, and a set of tiered rates that changed on 10 September 2026 — UAE cleaning and hygiene at 7.5% up to 50 AED and 14% above, UAE health nutrition at 8% up to 50 AED and 15% above, KSA cleaning and hygiene at 8% up to 50 SAR and 10% above, KSA sports and outdoors flat at 14%, KSA stationery at 15%. Brand and product-subtype exceptions sit in a separate exceptions sheet, so check yours before you price.

How is the FBN outbound fee worked out?

The outbound fee is posted per unit when the order first reaches Delivered or NDR, whichever comes first, and it is non-refundable even if the order is later returned. Three inputs set it: the size classification, the shipping weight, and whether the average selling price is above 25 in local currency.

Shipping weight is your physical weight plus the packaging weight above, rounded to the nearest 50 g. If that breaches the maximum for your classification, the unit moves up a tier. Extra oversize excludes glass items such as mirrors and tabletops, which are classified as bulky whatever they measure.

What are the FBN outbound rates in the UAE and KSA?

These are the rates effective 10 September 2026, covering the tiers most exporters use. The ASP column is the one sellers forget: crossing 25 AED or SAR adds roughly 2 to 4 to every unit shipped.

Two country differences worth noting. The UAE annex nudged several standard-parcel and oversize rates up on 10 September 2026 — a 0.5 to 1.0 kg standard parcel above 25 AED went from 10.0 to 10.5 — while the KSA standard-parcel rates were largely unchanged. And at higher weights KSA is dearer above the 25 SAR threshold than the UAE is above 25 AED, which matters if you price the same SKU at the same nominal number in both markets.

What does storage cost, and what makes it expensive?

Cubic feet are calculated as length times width times height in centimetres, divided by 28,317. Storage is billed on the item size and the number of storage days, and noon issues a separate FBN storage fee statement monthly, typically in the second week of the following month, with adjustments applied before the payout.

What does it cost to get your stock back out?

The inventory removal fee is charged per unit on the greater of physical or volumetric weight, where volumetric weight is length times width times height divided by 5,000. It varies by collection method.

Alongside those, the circumstantial block carries the charges you can avoid by operating well: a return administration fee at the lesser of 15 AED or SAR and 20% of the referral fee, on returns caused by the listing being wrong or the item being fake, damaged, used or incomplete; warranty fees where you cannot honour a claim; retention penalties for grievances arising from not following local law or noon policy; and miscellaneous charges such as counterfeit penalties. Inbound value-added services are optional and cheap — plain polybag or shrink wrap at 0.8 per unit, bubble wrap at 2.0, box with filler at 2.0 for envelopes and standard parcels and 2.5 for oversize — and they exist so noon does not reject stock that fails its packing guidelines.

A worked FBN example in AED, SAR and rupees

A 0.9 kg home-decor item packed at 30 x 22 x 12 cm, sold at 199 AED and 199 SAR. Packed dimensions put it in standard parcel; shipping weight is 0.9 kg plus 100 g of packaging, so 1.0 kg. ASP is above 25. Referral is 15% in the UAE and 14% in KSA for home lines. Assume the unit sits in stock one month, at 0.28 CBF, storage at the October 2026 rate.

Note how similar the percentages are despite KSA's much higher VAT — because VAT is stripped out of the customer price first, the higher rate shrinks your VAT-exclusive revenue rather than inflating noon's cut. That is the single biggest difference between pricing for the UAE and pricing for KSA, and it is why the same nominal price yields materially less in Riyadh than in Dubai. Our UAE and KSA VAT glossary entry sets out the underlying rules, and FBN versus FBP compares this against fulfilling it yourself.

FAQ

What are noon FBN fees? A referral fee by category, a per-unit outbound fee set by size tier, weight and average selling price, monthly storage per cubic foot, plus circumstantial charges and an inventory removal fee. All are exclusive of VAT, which is added at 5% in the UAE and 15% in KSA.

How much is the FBN outbound fee? From 5.5 AED or SAR for a small envelope at an ASP up to 25, to 12.5 AED or 13 SAR for a 3 kg standard parcel above 25, rising through oversize and bulky tiers. Rates effective 10 September 2026.

How much does noon charge for storage? 1.5 AED and 2.5 SAR per cubic foot per month until 30 September 2026, then 1.75 AED and 2.75 SAR from 1 October 2026. Long-term storage beyond 365 days is 25 per cubic foot, and non-saleable stock beyond 30 days is 12.

Are FBN fees the same in the UAE and KSA? Close but not identical. Envelope rates match, several UAE standard-parcel and oversize rates rose on 10 September 2026, KSA is dearer at higher weights above the 25 threshold, storage is higher in KSA, and cross-city removal is 2 SAR per kg against 1 AED.

Can I dispute an FBN fee? Yes, on measurement. The FBN volumetric measurement dispute policy lets you challenge the dimensions noon recorded, and the DirectShip equivalent allows 14 days from statement generation. Fee detail sits in the weekly statements under Payments and Fees in Seller Lab.

How do I avoid long-term storage fees? Place inventory removal requests for ageing stock by the 25th of the month, and work the saleable and non-saleable Recommended RTV reports. Expired stock triggers an automatic return to vendor; customer returns, missing parts and extra items need you to raise the RTV yourself.

Getting your FBN numbers right

FBN is priceable to the dirham, but only if you measure the packed unit, know your exceptions sheet, watch the 25 AED or SAR ASP threshold and act on ageing stock before the 25th. We model that per SKU in AED and SAR and reconcile the weekly statements against orders as standing work in our noon account management service. Indian brands entering through the cross-border lane should read selling on noon from India first, then book a free audit.