Importing marble and granite from Egypt to Iraq

Choose the stone

Send the name your market knows the stone by, or a photograph, and we match it to the blocks we can supply. Every stone has its own page with its colour, origin, finishes and formats.

Egyptian marble · Egyptian granite · cut-to-size · floor tiles

Send what the quotation needs

The stone, the finish, the thickness and quantity of each item and your port — or the bill of quantities or the drawing as it is. The full checklist

Get the quotation

Item by item, with the number of containers: FOB Sokhna, CIF Umm Qasr, or DAP overland through Jordan. Usually within one working day. What sets the price of Egyptian marble and granite

Pay in three stages

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

Approve the stone before it ships

Photographs of your actual slabs or bundles, or an inspection at the factory, before the 30 % is paid and before anything is loaded.

Loading the 20 ft container

About 421 m² of 2 cm granite or 429 m² of 2 cm marble per 20 ft, on a 25 t payload with packing. Every thickness

Shipping to Iraq

Sokhna → Umm Qasr, often transhipped at Jebel Ali; or Sokhna → Aqaba and overland: 10 – 18 days by sea, depending on transhipment.

Transit times are indicative port-to-port sailing times and exclude customs and inland haulage. Confirm at booking — they move with the season and the service.

Sailings into the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz have been disrupted since early 2026, so the route and the transit time are confirmed when the container is booked.

Documents, duty and clearance in Iraq

With every container: the commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading, and a certificate of origin. Customs clearance at your end is yours or your broker's.

Iraq requires a Certificate of Conformity under the ICIGI programme run by COSQC, issued before shipment by an appointed body such as Intertek, Applus+, TÜV Rheinland or Baltic Control. Construction materials fall inside the product list updated in June 2025, so allow time for pre-shipment inspection — goods arriving without a valid certificate are delayed, penalised or turned back. Iraq is a GAFTA member and an Arab preference certificate of origin should reduce duty on qualifying goods, though preference is applied unevenly in practice, so budget on the standard rate until your broker confirms otherwise.

Import duty on Egyptian stone, by trade agreement