Exporting to Germany
Egyptian marble and granite for Germany
Specification-grade Egyptian stone into Germany, with the test documentation German projects ask for before anything is ordered.
01 — Getting it there
Route and terms
- Routing
- Alexandria → Hamburg or Bremerhaven, or Koper with road haulage for the south
- Sea leg
- 14 – 21 days to Hamburg; 7 – 12 days to Koper
- Incoterms
- FOB Alexandria, CIF Hamburg, or DAP to site.
- Minimum order
- 1 × 20 ft container
- Production
- 21 – 35 days from approved sample
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
CE marking under the EU harmonised standards, with a Declaration of Performance per batch. German specifiers generally want more than the minimum: slip resistance classification for floors, frost resistance to EN 12371 for anything external, and flexural strength on the actual batch rather than a family range. We test to order where a project demands it.
03 — What sells here
Stone that suits Germany
Germany is a technical market. Beige marble goes into hotel and commercial interiors, granite into external paving and facade cladding, and the questions come early and in detail. Buyers who get straight answers about what a stone will and will not do tend to stay.
04 — Questions
Buying from Egypt, into Germany
Can you provide slip resistance ratings?
Yes, for the finish you intend to use. Slip resistance is a property of the surface treatment, not the stone, so tell us whether it is honed, brushed, flamed or bush-hammered.
Do you test each batch?
Family ranges are published on every stone page so you can size a design early. For a specification we test the actual batch and send the report.
Can you hold colour across a phased project?
For the high-volume beiges, yes — block production is deep enough to match deliveries over a year or more. We reserve blocks against the programme.
Quoting for Germany?
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.