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Egyptian marble and granite for Africa

Egyptian marble and granite by the container, from Alexandria and Sokhna to East, West, Southern and North Africa: duty-free into the COMESA countries, beige marble that competes with Spanish and Turkish beige, and granite for floors, stairs, kitchens and paving.

Family business since 1991 · Factory in Alexandria · 50 % in advance · 30 % on approval after production · 20 % before shipping · Reply within one working day

  • Minimum order: one 20 ft container, stones and thicknesses mixed
  • Loading at Alexandria, Port Said or Sokhna
  • Photos of your slabs before loading
  • Invoice, packing list, bill of lading; certificate of origin on request
  • Watch the factory

We are an Alexandria factory selling to importers, distributors, contractors and developers. This page sets out what buying Egyptian stone looks like from an African port: the duty position, the routes, what sells, and how an order runs.

Duty-free into the COMESA countries

Egypt is in the COMESA free-trade area with Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Egyptian-origin stone shipped to them with a valid COMESA certificate of origin enters free of import duty; marble and granite from China, India or Turkey pays the full rate.

In East Africa that is the line on the landed cost that matters most on a container of polished slabs or tiles. We arrange the certificate of origin with the shipping documents; confirm the current treatment with your customs broker before we load, because tariff schedules change.

The rest of the continent: AfCFTA

Outside COMESA, the African Continental Free Trade Area is phasing in preferences for Egyptian goods, claimed with an AfCFTA certificate of origin issued in Egypt. How far each country has cut its rate on stone so far varies, so for Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and the others the duty position is checked with your broker for each quotation.

Routes

East Africa

Sokhna on the Red Sea is the loading port: Mombasa for Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, Dar es Salaam for Tanzania and Zambia. Most sailings go through a transhipment port and the routing depends on the state of the Red Sea at the time, so the transit time is confirmed when the container is booked.

West Africa

Alexandria serves Dakar, Abidjan, Tema and Lagos, with direct and transhipment services both running; Malabo and Bata go through a transhipment port. The transit time is confirmed at booking.

Southern Africa

Durban and Cape Town, from Alexandria or Sokhna, with the routing and the transhipment port confirmed at booking.

North Africa

Short Mediterranean legs to Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi, Algiers, Oran, Radès, Sfax and Casablanca, and Libya by truck through Sallum, where the border is running, as well as by sea.

What sells, and what it competes with

Beige and cream marble

Galala, Sunny Menia, Silvia Menia, Triesta and Crema Egypt for hotel lobbies, apartments and bathrooms — the market Spanish and Turkish beige serve across West Africa today. Same look, a different source, and a shorter sea leg to East Africa.

Granite

Aswan Red, Black Aswan, Grey Aswan and New Halayeb for floors, stairs, kitchen tops, paving and kerbs, against the Chinese and Indian granite that most African markets import now.

Blocks

Squared, net-measured blocks sold by the cubic metre for processors who saw and finish locally.

Cut-to-size

Tiles, steps, sills, skirting, countertops and vanity tops cut to your drawings, piece-marked and crated in installation order, for contractors who would rather not cut on site.

Marble  ·  Granite  ·  Cut-to-size marble and granite

Country by country

East Africa

Sokhna or Alexandria → Mombasa

Kenya

Egypt is Kenya's third-largest supplier of worked marble and granite, and under COMESA Egyptian-origin stone enters duty-free. Slabs, tiles, paving and cut-to-size stone shipped by the container to Mombasa.

Shipping to Kenya

Sokhna → Mombasa, then road or rail to Kampala

Uganda

Egyptian marble and granite for builders and distributors in Kampala, shipped by the container to Mombasa and on by road or rail.

Shipping to Uganda

Sokhna → Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

Egyptian marble and granite for builders and distributors in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar, shipped by the container from Sokhna.

Shipping to Tanzania

Sokhna → Mombasa or Dar es Salaam, then road to Kigali

Rwanda

Egyptian marble and granite for builders and distributors in Kigali, duty-free under COMESA, shipped by the container to Mombasa or Dar es Salaam and on by road.

Shipping to Rwanda

West and Central Africa

Alexandria → Abidjan

Côte d'Ivoire

Egyptian beige marble and granite for builders and distributors in Abidjan, shipped by the container from Alexandria.

Shipping to Côte d'Ivoire

Alexandria → Dakar

Senegal

Egyptian beige marble and granite for builders and distributors in Dakar, shipped by the container from Alexandria.

Shipping to Senegal

Alexandria → Lagos (Apapa or Tin Can Island)

Nigeria

Egyptian beige marble and granite for builders and distributors in Lagos and Abuja, shipped by the container from Alexandria to Apapa or Tin Can Island.

Shipping to Nigeria

Alexandria → Tema

Ghana

Egyptian beige marble and granite for builders and distributors in Accra, shipped by the container from Alexandria to Tema.

Shipping to Ghana

Alexandria → Malabo or Bata

Equatorial Guinea

Egyptian marble and granite for contractors and developers in Malabo and Bata, shipped by the container from Alexandria.

Shipping to Equatorial Guinea

Southern Africa

Alexandria or Sokhna → Durban or Cape Town

South Africa

Egyptian beige marble and granite for distributors and fabricators in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, shipped by the container to Durban or Cape Town.

Shipping to South Africa

Sokhna → Dar es Salaam, then road or rail to Lusaka

Zambia

Egyptian marble and granite for builders and distributors in Lusaka, duty-free under COMESA, shipped by the container to Dar es Salaam and on by road or rail.

Shipping to Zambia

North Africa

Alexandria → Tripoli, Misrata, Al Khums or Benghazi

Libya

One of the largest buyers of Egyptian marble, and the closest — two to four days from Alexandria, or by road through Sallum.

Shipping to Libya

Alexandria → Algiers, Oran, Skikda or Béjaïa

Algeria

A major market for Egyptian granite, served straight across the Mediterranean from Alexandria.

Shipping to Algeria

Alexandria → Radès for Tunis, or Sfax for the centre and the south

Tunisia

Tunisia's own dimension stone is all sedimentary, so the granite comes in. A short Mediterranean leg to Radès, and beige competes with Thala on landed cost.

Shipping to Tunisia

Alexandria → Casablanca direct, or Tanger Med with a coastal feeder.

Morocco

Casablanca and Tanger Med, with duty-free entry on a EUR.1 under the Agadir Agreement — which Morocco has applied unevenly to Egyptian goods since 2025.

Shipping to Morocco

How an order runs

Minimum order

One 20 ft container. Several stones, thicknesses and finishes can share it.

Your own slabs

Photographs of the slabs packed for your order before the container is loaded.

Payment

50 % in advance, 30 % on your approval of the finished production and 20 % before shipping.

Documents

Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and certificate of origin, with timber packaging heat treated and marked to ISPM 15.

Buying Egyptian stone for Africa

Does Egyptian stone pay import duty in Kenya, Uganda or Rwanda?

Under the COMESA free-trade area, Egyptian-origin stone shipped with a valid COMESA certificate of origin enters free of import duty, while stone from outside COMESA pays the full East African Community rate. Confirm the current treatment with your customs broker before we load.

Which African ports do you ship to?

Mombasa and Dar es Salaam in the east; Dakar, Abidjan, Tema, Lagos, Malabo and Bata in the west; Durban and Cape Town in the south; and the North African ports, plus Libya by truck. Landlocked countries go through the nearest of them, with onward transport by your forwarder.

What is the minimum order?

One 20 ft container. Several stones and thicknesses can share it.

Can you send samples first?

Yes: cut samples by courier, paid by the buyer.

Can you quote a whole project?

Yes. Send the bill of quantities by area — floors, walls, bathrooms, stairs, outdoor — and we quote stone by stone with the container count.

Tell us the country, the stone and the quantity.

We come back with FOB and CIF prices to your port, usually within one working day.

Or send a full specification

Family business since 1991 · Factory in Alexandria · 50 % in advance · 30 % on approval after production · 20 % before shipping · Reply within one working day

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