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Importing marble and granite from Egypt to Kenya

Eight steps, from the quotation to the container at your port.

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

  • 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 contractors, developers and stone traders in Nairobi, Mombasa and beyond. Written from the exporter's side by Wesha Stones, a family business in Alexandria since 1991.

Kenya at a glance

Port of entry
Sokhna or Alexandria → Mombasa
Sea leg from Egypt
Transit time confirmed per booking
Terms we quote
FOB Sokhna or Alexandria, or CIF Mombasa.
Origin paperwork
COMESA certificate of origin — COMESA free-trade area
Minimum order
1 × 20 ft container, stones and thicknesses mixed
Stones it buys from Egypt
Galala Classic, Sunny Menia, Black Aswan, Red Aswan Dark

Kenya buys its marble and granite worked rather than in block, and 2024 trade data puts Egypt among the leading suppliers of worked marble and granite into the country. Polished granite goes into floors, stairs and kitchen tops, beige and golden marble into lobbies and bathrooms. Big 5 Construct Kenya, 21 – 23 October 2026, is where much of the building-materials trade meets.

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 · setts · kerbs · countertops

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 or Alexandria, or CIF Mombasa. 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 Kenya

Sokhna or Alexandria → Mombasa: Transit time confirmed per booking.

We load at Sokhna on the Red Sea, or at Alexandria. Most sailings to Mombasa 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.

From Mombasa the Northern Corridor carries containers on to Nairobi, Kampala and Kigali by road or rail. Uganda and Rwanda are in COMESA too.

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 Kenya

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.

A certificate of origin has been required on every import into Kenya since 2025, and it travels with the commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading. Kenya and Egypt are both COMESA members, so COMESA preference may apply to Egyptian-origin stone shipped with a valid COMESA certificate of origin: confirm the rate with your customs broker before we load. According to KEBS, goods of African origin do not need pre-export verification of conformity (PVoC). Timber packaging is heat treated and marked to ISPM 15.

Kenya and Egypt are both in the COMESA free-trade area. Egyptian-origin stone shipped with a valid COMESA certificate of origin enters Kenya free of import duty; marble and granite from China, India or Turkey pays the full East African Community rate. On a container of polished slabs or tiles, that is the line on the landed cost that matters most.

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.

Import duty on Egyptian stone, by trade agreement

Stones Kenya buys from Egypt

Each stone has its own page: colour, origin, finishes, formats and how much fits in a container.

Galala Classic — marble slab Real photo BeigeMarble Galala Classic Egypt's flagship beige — warm, even and quarried in volume. Galala Mountain360° → Sunny Menia — marble slab Real photo GoldenMarble Sunny Menia Golden honey ground with fine horizontal movement. Minya Governorate360° → Black Aswan — granite slab Real photo BlackGranite Black Aswan Dense black with a subtle grey crystal. Aswan360° → Red Aswan Dark — granite slab Real photo RedGranite Red Aswan Dark The deep oxblood grade, with heavy black mineral. Aswan360° → Grey Aswan — Egyptian granite slab Real photo GreyGranite Grey Aswan Mid grey with black and white speckle — the neutral workhorse. Aswan360° → Rosa El Nasr — granite slab Real photo PinkGranite Rosa El Nasr Soft pink feldspar with grey and black speckle. Aswan360° →

Egyptian marble and granite for Kenya: route, documents and the stones that sell

Importing to Kenya: questions

Does Egyptian stone pay import duty in Kenya?

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

Is pre-shipment inspection (PVoC) required?

Not for goods of African origin, according to KEBS. A certificate of origin is required on every import, and we arrange it with the shipping documents.

Which port do you ship to?

Mombasa. We load at Sokhna or Alexandria and quote FOB or CIF Mombasa; the transit time is confirmed when the container is booked.

Can you deliver on to Uganda or Rwanda?

Yes. The container goes by sea to Mombasa and on by road or rail along the Northern Corridor; your forwarder handles the inland leg, and the COMESA certificate of origin travels with the documents.

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 Kenya?

Send the stone, the finish, the thickness, the quantity and the destination port. You get FOB and CIF prices, 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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