Guides
- GuideSyrian Natural Stone: A Buyer's Guide to Limestone, Shell Stone, Travertine and Basalt
How the nine natural stones we supply from Syria differ, which finishes and formats are available, and what to send for samples and quotations.
- GuideFossil Limestone and Shell Stone: How to Read Large Fossil Movement
What fossil limestone and shell stone are, how large fossil forms differ from fine shell fragments, and how to choose finishes for Bianco Shell Stone.
- GuideIndustrial Minerals and Masterbatch: What Buyers Should Specify
Calcium carbonate, silica, kaolin, natural rock asphalt and colour or additive masterbatch: what each is used for and what to include in an enquiry.
- GuideNatural Stone Specification Checklist: From Enquiry to Shipment
A practical checklist for specifying natural stone: selection range, finish, format and thickness, tolerances, samples, quantity, packing and delivery.
- GuideAleppo Stone (Halabi Stone): What the Name Means and How to Specify Syrian Limestone
What buyers mean by "Aleppo stone", why it is a regional name rather than a quality standard, and how to compare our pale Syrian limestones by sample.
- GuideHauran Basalt: The Volcanic Black Stone of Southern Syria and How to Specify It Today
Where southern Syria's basalt comes from, how Bosra was built from black stone, and which finishes and formats our Volcanic Black Basalt is supplied in.
- GuideExporting Syrian Stone to the Gulf and Beyond: A Practical Guide for Buyers
How a Syrian natural stone order moves from sample to shipment: specification, inspection, packing and documents, with export data and official references.
- GuideSyrian, Turkish, Egyptian and Jordanian Limestone: How Buyers Compare Them
A neutral guide to comparing limestone from Syria, Türkiye, Egypt and Jordan: what each origin is known for, what really varies and how to compare offers.
- GuideHow to Choose a Syrian Stone Supplier: A Buyer's Checklist
A neutral checklist for choosing a supplier of Syrian natural stone: who invoices, quarry or trader, inspection before loading, crates, documents, FOB or CIF.
- GuideImporting Natural Stone from Syria in 2026: What Has Changed
A dated, sourced summary for stone buyers: US, EU and UK changes since 2025, the port of Latakia, documents, HS codes and practical steps. Not legal advice.
- GuideOrdering Syrian Stone by the Container: Weight, Area, Crates and Lead Times
How much natural stone fits in a 20 ft container, how weight turns into square metres, how crates are packed and how long an order from Syria takes.
- GuideSyrian Marble: What the Trade Means by It
Much stone sold as Syrian marble is polished limestone or travertine. What the term means, the main Syrian stone types, and how to specify them.
- GuideWhat Drives the Price of Syrian Limestone
The factors behind a quote for Syrian limestone: selection, finish, thickness, format, quantity, packing, FOB or CIF, freight and lead time.
- GuideProducer or Trader? How to Source Syrian Stone Directly
A neutral checklist for buying Syrian stone: who owns the quarry, where it is processed, which port it ships from, seeing your lot and origin documents.
- GuideSyrian Travertine: A Buyer's Guide
Syrian travertine for buyers: what travertine is, our Silver Travertine, filled or unfilled, cut direction, finishes, formats, uses, FOB, CIF or EXW.
- GuideSyrian Limestone: A Buyer's Guide
Syrian limestone for buyers: the five limestones and two shell stones we supply, colours, finishes, formats, uses, what to specify and ordering FOB, CIF or EXW.
- Data guideSyrian Natural Stone Exports (HS 2515, 2516, 6802)
Yearly value of Syrian natural stone exports as recorded by importing countries since 2005, by HS heading, with the main destinations.
- Reference dataReference data on Syrian natural stone
Sourced reference tables on Syrian stone trade and production, HS codes, stone names and trade terms.
- GlossaryGlossary of stone and materials terms
Plain definitions of the stone, finish, format, specification and materials terms used by Phoenician Stone Group, in English and Arabic.