Import guide · United Kingdom
Importing marble and granite from Egypt to the UK
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.
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, landscapers, fabricators and contractors in the UK. Written from the exporter's side by Wesha Stones, a family business in Alexandria since 1991.
United Kingdom at a glance
- Port of entry
- Alexandria → Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway or Liverpool
- Sea leg from Egypt
- 12 – 20 days port to port
- Terms we quote
- FOB Alexandria, CIF or DAP to the UK port. DAP inland is quoted on request.
- 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, Sunny Menia, Milly Gray, Grey Aswan
The UK buys Egyptian beige for volume flooring and hotel work where the alternative is Turkish or Spanish limestone at a higher landed cost, and Egyptian granite for external paving, kerbs and hard landscaping. Milly Gray has taken a share of the grey market that used to go to imported porcelain.
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 · Egyptian limestone · cut-to-size · floor tiles · setts · kerbs
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, CIF or DAP to the UK port. DAP inland is quoted on request. 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 Kingdom
Alexandria → Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway or Liverpool: 12 – 20 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 the United Kingdom
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.
Natural stone flooring, cladding and tiles sold in the UK fall under harmonised standards — EN 12057 for modular tiles, EN 12058 for slabs and stairs, EN 1469 for cladding — and need a Declaration of Performance stating the intended use, petrological family, colour and place of origin. CE marking is still accepted for construction products in Great Britain, and the government has committed to a minimum two years' notice before that changes. For the stone you select we arrange water absorption, flexural strength and abrasion tests at an accredited laboratory.
Stones the United Kingdom 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° →
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Sunny Menia
Golden honey ground with fine horizontal movement.
Minya Governorate360° →
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Milly Gray
Egypt's signature grey — white veining over a cool ground.
Minya Governorate360° →
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Grey Aswan
Mid grey with black and white speckle — the neutral workhorse.
Aswan360° →
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Sinai Pearl
Pearly cream with a faint grey-green cast.
Sinai Peninsula360° →
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Crema Egypt
Light, low-movement cream for large calm surfaces.
Minya Governorate360° →
Egyptian marble and granite for the United Kingdom: route, documents and the stones that sell
Importing to the UK: questions
What documentation does the UK require?
A Declaration of Performance under the harmonised standard for the use, with CE marking still accepted in Great Britain. Tell us the end use at quotation stage — flooring, cladding, stairs. For the stone you select we arrange water absorption, flexural strength and abrasion tests at an accredited laboratory.
Can you deliver to site rather than the port?
Yes, on DAP terms. Send the postcode and any access restriction — stone arrives on A-frames and needs room to unload.
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 UK?
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