Gulf: Saudi Arabia and the UAE · Supplied via importers
Project work, where the programme date is the whole deal.
Supplied through established importers and directly to project contractors.
The market
Saudi Arabia and the UAE buy finished material for commercial construction: lobbies, facades, plazas and hospitality projects. It is the best margin-per-container in our market set, and the most demanding on delivery dates.
Gulf projects run to a programme, and a slipped container is a slipped handover. We hold material against confirmed project schedules rather than quoting from an empty yard, and send stage-by-stage stuffing photographs on the day of loading so the receiving end can plan.
Catalogue for Middle East
Ordered by margin, not by volume. The categories at the top are where the value sits in this market. The rest is listed because it keeps lines loaded, not because we recommend leading with it.
Highest margin
Facades are the leading application in the region and drawing-specific work is priced per project, not per square foot.
Project test certificates and legalisation where specified.
Core business
Lobby and public-space flooring on giga-project schedules. Volume, but at project prices and with held stock.
Core business
External plazas and landscaping where slip resistance is specified, which narrows the field of suppliers.
Rules that apply here
This applies to Middle East and nowhere else on this site. Regulation in this trade is regional, and pretending otherwise wastes your time.
GCC customs duty is typically low on worked stone; your importer confirms the rate at entry.
Project documentation, test certificates and legalisation arranged where the specification calls for it.
Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, fumigation certificate. Legalisation arranged where required.
Shipping to Middle East
We quote CIF · CFR · FOB to Middle East, usually within one working day.
