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Import guide · United Arab Emirates

Importing marble and granite from Egypt to the UAE

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, stone traders and designers in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Written from the exporter's side by Wesha Stones, a family business in Alexandria since 1991. دليل الاستيراد إلى الإمارات

United Arab Emirates at a glance

Port of entry
Sokhna → your UAE port, route confirmed at booking
Sea leg from Egypt
Confirmed at booking
Terms we quote
FOB Sokhna, CIF to your port, or DAP to site.
Origin paperwork
Certificate of origin with every container
Minimum order
1 × 20 ft container, stones and thicknesses mixed
Stones it buys from Egypt
Galala Extra, Crema Egypt, Triesta, Cleopatra

Hotel and residential fit-out drives the beige and cream trade; dark granite goes into worktops and feature cladding. Fabricators here buy cut-to-size to drawing rather than raw slabs, which is the work our factory is set up for.

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 Sokhna, CIF to your port, or DAP to site. 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 the United Arab Emirates

In normal times Egyptian stone for the Emirates lands at Jebel Ali for Dubai and the northern emirates, or at Khalifa Port for Abu Dhabi; while sailings through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted, the port of entry and the route are confirmed when the container is booked. The traders who buy by the container keep their yards in Al Quoz in Dubai, in Sajja in Sharjah and in Ajman, and contractors buy from them or direct. We ship to the importer of record wherever the yard is, and deliver to site on DAP terms when the project needs it.

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 the United Arab Emirates

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.

Certificate of origin and standard export documentation.

Import duty on Egyptian stone, by trade agreement

Stones the United Arab Emirates buys from Egypt

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

Galala Extra — marble slab Real photo CreamMarble Galala Extra The selected, lightest and most uniform grade of Galala. Galala Mountain360° → Crema Egypt — Egyptian marble slab Real photo CreamMarble Crema Egypt Light, low-movement cream for large calm surfaces. Minya Governorate360° → Triesta — Egyptian marble slab Real photo BeigeMarble Triesta Pale warm beige threaded with fine, quiet veining. Suez / Eastern Desert360° → WhiteMarble Cleopatra Creamy white — the lightest ground Egypt quarries in volume. Eastern Desert360° → Black Aswan — granite slab Real photo BlackGranite Black Aswan Dense black with a subtle grey crystal. Aswan360° → Gandola — Egyptian granite slab Real photo PinkGranite Gandola Pink feldspar and black mica over a pale grey ground, coarse and even. Aswan360° →

Egyptian marble and granite for the United Arab Emirates: route, documents and the stones that sell

Importing to the UAE: questions

Do you supply cut-to-size to drawing?

Yes — worktops, vanity tops, cladding panels and mitres, piece-marked against your setting-out plan.

Can you match a stone we are already using?

Send a photograph and, if you have one, an offcut. We will tell you honestly whether we can match it or only get close.

How long from order to the UAE?

Lead time depends on the specification and is confirmed in writing with the proforma invoice. The sea leg and the route are confirmed when the container is booked.

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 the UAE?

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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