Import guide · Italy
Importing marble and granite from Egypt to Italy
Eight steps, from the quotation to the container at your port.
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What happens next: you get FOB and CIF prices with photographs of the actual material, and nothing is loaded until you have approved it.
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- Our own factory in Alexandria: six Italian machines, nothing subcontracted
- 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 and certificate of origin with every container
- Watch the factory
For marble processors, slab yards and contractors in Italy. Written from the exporter's side by Wesha Stones, a family business in Alexandria since 1991.
Italy at a glance
- Port of entry
- Alexandria → Marina di Carrara, Livorno, Genoa, Ravenna or Bari
- Sea leg from Egypt
- 5 – 9 days port to port
- Terms we quote
- FOB Alexandria or CIF the Italian port. Blocks travel on flat rack or in-container on hardwood dunnage with steel cradles.
- Origin paperwork
- EUR.1 — EU–Egypt Association Agreement
- Minimum order
- 1 × 20 ft container, stones and thicknesses mixed
- Stones it buys from Egypt
- Galala Classic, Galala Extra, Sunny Menia, Royal Beige
Italian processors buy Egyptian blocks by the cubic metre — beige from Galala and Minya for the volume trade, and the more decorative Royal and Breccia when they have a project for them. Squared blocks, photographed and measured before sale, sold on net cubic volume.
The eight steps
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 Alexandria or CIF the Italian port. Blocks travel on flat rack or in-container on hardwood dunnage with steel cradles. 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 Italy
Alexandria → Marina di Carrara, Livorno, Genoa, Ravenna or Bari: 5 – 9 days port to port.
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.
Documents, duty and clearance in Italy
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.
Blocks are a raw material, not a construction product, so no CE marking applies at import; the declaration is made by whoever puts the finished product on the market. We supply the origin certificate the processor needs for their own file.
Egyptian-origin stone enters the EU free of customs duty under the EU–Egypt Association Agreement, with an EUR.1 or EUR-MED certificate of origin issued by Egyptian customs. Import VAT is charged at the Italian rate.
Stones Italy buys from Egypt
Each stone has its own page: colour, origin, finishes, formats and how much fits in a container.
Real photo
Galala Classic
Egypt's flagship beige — warm, even and quarried in volume.
Galala Mountain360° →
Real photo
Galala Extra
The selected, lightest and most uniform grade of Galala.
Galala Mountain360° →
Real photo
Sunny Menia
Golden honey ground with fine horizontal movement.
Minya Governorate360° →
Real photo
Royal Beige
Rich beige with warm brown drift and occasional gold.
Suez / Eastern Desert360° →
Breccia Menia
Angular fragments of beige and brown set in a pale matrix.
Minya Governorate360° →
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Milly Gray
Egypt's signature grey — white veining over a cool ground.
Minya Governorate360° →
Egyptian marble and granite for Italy: route, documents and the stones that sell
Importing to Italy: questions
Do you sell blocks by the cubic metre?
Yes. Blocks are squared, measured net, and photographed on all faces before you commit.
Can we select blocks ourselves?
Yes. Buyers are welcome to choose blocks in our yard in Alexandria. If you would rather not travel, we send photographs and dimensions of each block and you choose from those.
What block sizes are standard?
Typically 2.6 – 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.5 m, 18 – 30 tonnes. Tell us your gangsaw and we will cut to suit it.
Minimum order, payment, samples, tests and where the blocks come from are answered once for every country in the step-by-step guide.
How to import marble and granite from Egypt, step by step · Export, documents and payment
Importing to Italy?
Send the stone, the finish, the thickness, the quantity and the destination port. You get FOB and CIF prices, usually within one working day.
We reply within one working day · Saturday – Thursday, 08:00 – 18:00 Cairo time · WhatsApp +20 106 926 2572
Prefer email? Send your drawings or bill of quantities
Family business since 1991 · Factory in Alexandria · 50 % in advance · 30 % on approval after production · 20 % before shipping · Reply within one working day