Wesha Stones

Home/Importing from Egypt/South Africa

Import guide · South Africa

Importing marble and granite from Egypt to South Africa

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 stone merchants, fabricators and contractors in South Africa. Written from the exporter's side by Wesha Stones, a family business in Alexandria since 1991.

South Africa at a glance

Port of entry
Alexandria or Sokhna → Durban or Cape Town
Sea leg from Egypt
Confirmed at booking: it depends on the routing and the transhipment port
Terms we quote
FOB Alexandria or Sokhna, or CIF Durban or Cape Town. Customs clearance and delivery are yours or your clearing agent's.
Origin paperwork
Certificate of origin with every container
Minimum order
1 × 20 ft container, stones and thicknesses mixed
Stones it buys from Egypt
Galala Classic, Galala Extra, Sunny Menia, Crema Egypt

South Africa quarries granite of its own and imports marble and granite from China, Turkey, India and Italy; Egyptian stone already has a small share. Egyptian beige marble covers the warm cream look for floors and bathrooms that is otherwise bought from Turkey and Spain, and Egyptian granite adds red, black and grey slabs and tiles for kitchens, floors and stairs.

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 Sokhna, or CIF Durban or Cape Town. Customs clearance and delivery are yours or your clearing agent's. 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 South Africa

Alexandria or Sokhna → Durban or Cape Town: Confirmed at booking: it depends on the routing and the transhipment 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 South Africa

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, the commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading travel with every container, and timber packaging is heat treated and marked to ISPM 15. Confirm the tariff and any import requirement with your clearing agent before we load. For the stone you select we arrange water absorption, flexural strength and abrasion tests at an accredited laboratory.

Import duty on Egyptian stone, by trade agreement

Stones South Africa 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° → Galala Extra — marble slab Real photo CreamMarble Galala Extra The selected, lightest and most uniform grade of Galala. Galala Mountain360° → Sunny Menia — marble slab Real photo GoldenMarble Sunny Menia Golden honey ground with fine horizontal movement. Minya Governorate360° → Crema Egypt — Egyptian marble slab Real photo CreamMarble Crema Egypt Light, low-movement cream for large calm surfaces. Minya Governorate360° → Black Aswan — granite slab Real photo BlackGranite Black Aswan Dense black with a subtle grey crystal. Aswan360° → Aswan Red — polished Egyptian granite as a kitchen worktop Real photo RedGranite Aswan Red The historic red granite of the pharaohs, still quarried today. Aswan360° →

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

Importing to South Africa: questions

How do you take payment?

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

Can you send samples first?

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

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 South Africa?

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

WhatsApp