Is the Withholding tax levied upon ships in the Kingdom's ports decided according to the date of arrival or from the date of leaving the port? And how is the tax will be deducted when the ship is working with more than one Saudi port, like if the shipment is divided into two Saudi ports?

The date of the payment decides the Withholding Tax. As for the multiplicity of ports, it is explicit that the tax is deducted by the shipping agent regardless of the port.

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Is the Withholding tax levied upon ships in the Kingdom's ports decided according to the date of arrival or from the date of leaving the port? And how is the tax will be deducted when the ship is working with more than one Saudi port, like if the shipment is divided into two Saudi ports?