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Egyptian marble, limestone and granite for Australia

Galala and the Egyptian beiges Australian buyers already know, plus Egyptian granite for benchtops: natural stone, shipped by the container from Alexandria.

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

  • 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; certificate of origin on request
  • Watch the factory

Shipped by the container: Granite setts and cobbles by the container · Granite kerbs, channels and edging · Cut-to-size marble and granite · Granite floor tiles, steps and skirting · Egyptian limestone: Sinai Pearl, Galala and Sunny Menia · how much fits in a 20 ft · Download catalogue (PDF)

01 — Getting it there

Route and terms

Routing
Alexandria or Sokhna → Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle or Adelaide
Sea leg
Confirmed at booking: it depends on the routing and the transhipment port
Incoterms
FOB Alexandria or Sokhna, or CFR or CIF the Australian port. Customs clearance, the biosecurity inspection and delivery are yours or your broker's.
Minimum order
1 × 20 ft container

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.

02 — Paperwork

What has to travel with it

Australian biosecurity checks the packing and the container itself: crates and bearers are heat treated and marked to ISPM 15, and the container must arrive clean. A certificate of origin, the commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading travel with every container. Australia banned engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs from 1 July 2024, with imports banned from 1 January 2025, so for Australia we offer natural stone only. For the stone you select we arrange water absorption, flexural strength and abrasion tests at an accredited laboratory.

Full export and logistics detail

03 — What sells here

Stone that suits Australia

Australian buyers know Egyptian limestone best: Galala and the other Egyptian beiges go into floors and walls under the limestone name. Since the engineered-stone ban, natural stone is back on kitchen benchtops, and Egyptian granite gives fabricators a hard, dense slab for that work.

Galala Classic — marble slab Beige · Marble Galala Classic Egypt's flagship beige — warm, even and quarried in volume. Galala Mountain360° → Galala Extra — marble slab Cream · Marble Galala Extra The selected, lightest and most uniform grade of Galala. Galala Mountain360° → Sunny Menia — marble slab Golden · Marble Sunny Menia Golden honey ground with fine horizontal movement. Minya Governorate360° → Silvia Menia — Egyptian marble slab Beige · Marble Silvia Menia Soft neutral beige, low movement, dependable in volume. Minya Governorate360° → Triesta — Egyptian marble slab Beige · Marble Triesta Pale warm beige threaded with fine, quiet veining. Suez / Eastern Desert360° → Milly Gray — Egyptian marble slab Grey · Marble Milly Gray Egypt's signature grey — white veining over a cool ground. Minya Governorate360° → Aswan Red — polished Egyptian granite as a kitchen worktop Red · Granite Aswan Red The historic red granite of the pharaohs, still quarried today. Aswan360° → Gandola — Egyptian granite slab Pink · Granite Gandola Pink feldspar and black mica over a pale grey ground, coarse and even. Aswan360° → Grey · Granite New Halayeb Grey-white ground with large, densely packed black crystals. Halayeb360° → Black Aswan — granite slab Black · Granite Black Aswan Dense black with a subtle grey crystal. Aswan360° →

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04 — Questions

Buying from Egypt, into Australia

Is natural stone affected by the engineered-stone ban?

No. The ban covers engineered stone. Marble, limestone and granite are natural stone and outside it, though cutting any stone makes dust, so fabricators work to the usual safe-work rules.

How do you pack for Australian biosecurity?

Heat-treated timber marked to ISPM 15, in a clean container. Tell your broker the packing type when the booking is made.

Can we use Egyptian limestone for pavers and pool coping?

Tell us the use first. For pavers and pool coping we arrange water-absorption tests on the stone you shortlist before you commit, and suggest granite where it is the better fit.

Quoting for Australia?

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