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Exporting to Switzerland

Egyptian marble and granite for Switzerland

No customs duty at all: Switzerland zero-rated industrial imports in 2024, so the landed cost here is freight and rail, not tariff.

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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 → Genoa, then rail to Basel on the Mittelmeerzug, which runs three round trips a week.
Delivery
7 – 12 days to Genoa, plus 2 – 4 days on the rail leg to Basel
Incoterms
FOB Alexandria, CIF Genoa, or DAP to site in Switzerland. No EUR.1 is needed — ask for one only if your forwarder wants it on file.
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

Switzerland is outside the EU, but its Bauproduktegesetz has run in parallel with the European regime since July 2015, and the mutual recognition agreement means CE marking and a Declaration of Performance are accepted as they stand — EN 12057, EN 12058 and EN 1469, most of it System 4. Swiss stone work is then executed to SIA 246, which is a contract standard rather than a product one: it governs tolerances, bedding and jointing on site, so it shapes what the mason will ask of a slab. Import VAT is 8.1 per cent. Since January 2024 industrial goods carry no Swiss customs duty whatever their origin, so a preference certificate buys you nothing here.

Full export and logistics detail

03 — What sells here

Stone that suits Switzerland

Switzerland has no volume marble industry of its own, and most of what it lays arrives through Italian processors. That is the whole argument for buying direct: it takes a margin out of a market where labour and fit-out already cost more than the stone. Cream and pale grey marble goes into Zurich, Geneva and Basel interiors, granite into external paving, plinths and cemetery work. Tolerance expectations are the tightest we quote to anywhere, so we would rather agree the setting-out drawings before cutting than argue about millimetres after.

Galala Extra — marble slab Cream · Marble Galala Extra The selected, lightest and most uniform grade of Galala. Galala Mountain360° → Crema Egypt — Egyptian marble slab Cream · Marble Crema Egypt Light, low-movement cream for large calm surfaces. Minya Governorate360° → Silvia Menia — Egyptian marble slab Beige · Marble Silvia Menia Soft neutral beige, low movement, dependable in volume. Minya Governorate360° → Imperial Grey — marble slab Grey · Marble Imperial Grey Silver-grey ground lit by pale crystalline veining. North Sinai360° → Grey Aswan — Egyptian granite slab Grey · Granite Grey Aswan Mid grey with black and white speckle — the neutral workhorse. Aswan360° → Gandola — Egyptian granite slab Pink · Granite Gandola Pink feldspar and black mica over a pale grey ground, coarse and even. Aswan360° →

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04 — Questions

Buying from Egypt, into Switzerland

Do we need a certificate of origin?

No. Switzerland removed customs duty on all industrial goods in January 2024, whatever their origin, so a EUR.1 buys you nothing. We issue one only if your forwarder wants it on file.

How does the stone reach Switzerland?

By sea to Genoa, then rail to Basel on the Mittelmeerzug, which runs three round trips a week. We quote CIF Genoa or DAP to your site from there.

Is CE marking accepted in Switzerland?

Yes. The Bauproduktegesetz runs in parallel with the European regime and the mutual recognition agreement covers construction products, so a Declaration of Performance stands as issued.

Can you work to SIA 246?

SIA 246 governs the stone work on site rather than the product itself, but tell us the tolerances it puts on you and we cut to them.

Quoting for Switzerland?

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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