# Lumina Tile: full fact sheet

> Lumina Tile is a manufacturer and exporter of ceramic and porcelain tiles and large-format slabs based in Morbi, Gujarat, India. This file is the machine-readable summary of the whole site: company, range, size chart with per-size surface availability, export and domestic markets, and buying process.

## Company

- Name: Lumina Tile
- What it is: Morbi's largest tile curator. Rather than running one factory, Lumina Tile curates and quality-controls production across the Morbi cluster, the largest tile manufacturing region in the world, and exports under one standard.
- Location: Morbi, Gujarat, India. Corporate office in Morbi; cargo ships via Mundra Port.
- Scale: 1,700+ designs, 49 sizes across 8 categories, 15 surface finishes, tiles from 6 to 20 mm thick, supplied to 56 export markets plus the Indian domestic market, covering 386 cities in total.
- Customers: importers, distributors, wholesalers, dealers and project buyers. No retail sales.
- Minimum order: export, one full container (20ft holds roughly 1,100 to 1,400 sqm depending on size and thickness; 40ft roughly double). Indian domestic, one trailer load. Mixed sizes and designs are allowed within one container or load.
- Incoterms: quoted to suit the buyer, commonly FOB Mundra or CIF destination port.
- Documentation with every shipment: packing list, commercial invoice, certificate of origin, full technical file and destination-market conformity documents (for example CE marking under EN 14411 for the EU).
- Website: https://luminatile.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lumina_tile/

## Contact

- Export desk: +91 98984 27293, export@luminatile.com
- Project sales (India): +91 91571 77377, trade@luminatile.com
- Operations: +91 96628 33233, office@luminatile.com
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/425OCNG5OUX6H1

## Size chart with surface availability

Sizes in cm. Surfaces listed per size are the finishes that size is produced in.

### Ceramic Wall Tiles (7–9 mm thick)

  - 20 × 30 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 25 × 37.5 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 25 × 40 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 30 × 45 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 30 × 60 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Sugar
  - 30 × 90 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 40 × 80 cm: Glossy, Matt

### Ceramic Floor Tiles (7–12 mm thick)

  - 30 × 30 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 40 × 40 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 50 × 50 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 60 × 60 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Sugar, Rustic

### Porcelain Floor Tiles (8 / 9 / 10 / 12 mm thick)

  - 30 × 30 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 60 × 60 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Sugar, Lapato, R-10, R-11, Rustic, Punch
  - 60 × 120 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Sugar, Lapato, R-10, R-11, Rustic, Punch
  - 20 × 120 cm: Matt, Carving, Matt Punch
  - 60 × 180 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 80 × 80 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Sugar, Lapato, R-10, R-11, Rustic, Punch
  - 80 × 160 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 100 × 100 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 120 × 120 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 120 × 180 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving

### Full Body Floor Tiles (8 / 9 / 10 mm thick)

  - 30 × 30 cm: Matt
  - 60 × 60 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 60 × 120 cm: Glossy, Matt

### Soluble Salt & Double Charge (8–9 mm thick)

  - 60 × 60 cm: Glossy

### Large Slab Tiles (6 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 20 mm thick)

  - 80 × 240 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 80 × 300 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 80 × 320 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 120 × 240 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 120 × 280 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 120 × 320 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving
  - 160 × 320 cm: Glossy, Matt, Carving, Satin

### Outdoor Porcelain Tiles (16 / 20 mm thick)

  - 60 × 60 cm: R-10, R-11
  - 60 × 90 cm: R-10, R-11
  - 60 × 120 cm: R-10, R-11
  - 30 × 120 cm: R-10, R-11

### Subway Tiles (6–9 mm thick)

  - 8 × 8 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 10 × 10 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 10.8 × 10.8 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 15 × 15 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 21.5 × 25 cm: Matt, Carving
  - 5 × 25 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 7.6 × 15.2 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 7.5 × 20 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 7.5 × 30 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 10 × 20 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 10 × 30 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 10 × 40 cm: Glossy, Matt
  - 20 × 20 cm: Glossy, Matt

## Export markets

- Italy (Southern Europe): cities served Milan, Rome, Naples, Genoa, Turin, Bologna, Trieste. Gateway: Genoa, La Spezia and Trieste for hinterland cargo; Gioia Tauro for transhipment. Sea transit about 3 to 6 weeks from Mundra, depending on Suez or Cape routing. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Greece (Southern Europe): cities served Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes, Patras, Volos. Gateway: Piraeus, with Thessaloniki serving the north and the Balkan hinterland. Sea transit roughly 24 days on Suez routing, extending towards 40 days when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Croatia (Balkans): cities served Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Ploče. Gateway: Rijeka as the main container port, with Ploče serving the south and the Bosnian hinterland. Sea transit typically 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, usually with one transhipment in the Mediterranean. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Serbia (Balkans): cities served Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, Subotica, Čačak, Zrenjanin. Gateway: Landlocked. Cargo enters via Thessaloniki, Rijeka or Ploče, or via Bar in Montenegro, then moves inland by rail or road. Sea transit sea leg of roughly 4 to 6 weeks to the gateway port, plus inland haulage. Conformity: Serbian national conformity requirements apply; CE documentation is widely requested by buyers and we supply full technical files with every shipment.
- Albania (Balkans): cities served Tirana, Durrës, Vlorë, Sarandë, Shkodër, Elbasan, Fier. Gateway: Durrës, the principal Adriatic port. Sea transit roughly 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, generally with a Mediterranean transhipment. Conformity: Albanian national requirements apply; CE documentation and full technical files are supplied with every shipment.
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Balkans): cities served Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Mostar, Tuzla, Zenica, Bijeljina, Brčko. Gateway: Effectively landlocked. Cargo enters through Ploče in Croatia on Corridor Vc, then moves inland. Sea transit sea leg of roughly 4 to 6 weeks to Ploče, plus inland haulage. Conformity: National requirements apply across both entities; CE documentation and full technical files are supplied with every shipment.
- Montenegro (Balkans): cities served Podgorica, Bar, Budva, Kotor, Tivat, Herceg Novi, Nikšić. Gateway: Bar, the country's main port, with rail inland towards Serbia. Sea transit roughly 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, generally with a Mediterranean transhipment. Conformity: National requirements apply; CE documentation and full technical files are supplied with every shipment.
- North Macedonia (Balkans): cities served Skopje, Bitola, Kumanovo, Tetovo, Prilep, Ohrid, Gostivar. Gateway: Landlocked. Thessaloniki is the natural gateway, roughly two hours by road with direct rail inland. Sea transit sea leg of roughly 24 to 40 days to Thessaloniki, plus a short inland leg. Conformity: National requirements apply; CE documentation and full technical files are supplied with every shipment.
- Kosovo (Balkans): cities served Pristina, Prizren, Peja, Gjakova, Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Gjilan. Gateway: Landlocked. Cargo enters through Durrës in Albania or Thessaloniki in Greece, then moves inland by road. Sea transit sea leg of roughly 4 to 6 weeks to the gateway port, plus inland haulage. Conformity: National requirements apply; CE documentation and full technical files are supplied with every shipment.
- Malta (Southern Europe): cities served Valletta, Birkirkara, Sliema, St Julian's, Mosta, Qormi, Victoria. Gateway: Malta Freeport, one of the Mediterranean's principal transhipment hubs, with Valletta handling local cargo. Sea transit roughly 3 to 5 weeks from Mundra, with frequent Mediterranean connections. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Netherlands (Northern Europe): cities served Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Groningen. Gateway: Rotterdam, Europe's largest container port, with excellent onward road, rail and barge connections. Sea transit roughly 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, extending when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Belgium (Northern Europe): cities served Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, Charleroi, Leuven. Gateway: Antwerp-Bruges, Europe's second-largest container port and a major building-materials gateway. Sea transit roughly 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, extending when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, harmonised standard EN 14411, with a Declaration of Performance issued per intended use.
- Russia (Eastern Europe): cities served Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don. Gateway: Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and St Petersburg on the Baltic, with growing use of the North–South corridor via Iran. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra depending on gateway and routing. Conformity: EAEU technical regulation applies, with EAC conformity documentation for the customs union.
- USA (North America): cities served New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas. Gateway: New York and New Jersey, Houston, Savannah, Los Angeles and Long Beach, depending on the destination market. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra, with East Coast and Gulf routings differing from West Coast. Conformity: ANSI A137.1 is the reference standard, with TCNA handbook methods governing installation; specification buyers request full technical data with samples.
- Dominican Republic (Caribbean): cities served Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Punta Cana, La Romana, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, Bávaro. Gateway: Caucedo, the country's principal container port and a regional transhipment hub. Sea transit roughly 5 to 8 weeks from Mundra, typically with two transhipments. Conformity: National conformity requirements apply, and Spanish-language labelling and documentation are expected at clearance.
- UAE (Middle East): cities served Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Al Ain, Fujairah. Gateway: Jebel Ali, the region's largest port, with Khalifa Port serving Abu Dhabi. Sea transit about 3 to 6 days from Mundra, the shortest route of any market we serve. Conformity: Emirates conformity requirements apply, with product documentation submitted at clearance.
- Sri Lanka (South Asia): cities served Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Negombo, Jaffna, Batticaloa, Trincomalee. Gateway: Colombo, one of South Asia's principal transhipment hubs. Sea transit about 5 to 7 days from Mundra, among the shortest routes we run. Conformity: National standards requirements apply, with documentation submitted at clearance.
- Senegal (West Africa): cities served Dakar, Thiès, Touba, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor, Kaolack, Mbour. Gateway: Dakar, the principal port of the region's western seaboard. Sea transit roughly 30 to 40 days from Mundra, usually with one transhipment. Conformity: Import documentation is submitted in French, and a customs valuation programme applies to containerised consignments.
- Mauritania (West Africa): cities served Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Rosso, Kiffa, Zouérat, Atar, Néma. Gateway: Nouakchott, with Nouadhibou serving the north. Sea transit roughly 30 to 45 days from Mundra, generally with transhipment. Conformity: A pre-shipment verification of conformity programme applies, and a certificate of conformity is required for customs clearance.
- Togo (West Africa): cities served Lomé, Sokodé, Kara, Kpalimé, Atakpamé, Tsévié, Dapaong. Gateway: Lomé, the region's deepest container port and a major transhipment hub for West Africa. Sea transit roughly 25 to 40 days from Mundra, with Lomé better connected than most ports in the region. Conformity: Import documentation is submitted in French through the national single window.
- Ecuador (South America): cities served Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Manta, Santo Domingo, Machala, Ambato. Gateway: Guayaquil, the country's principal container port, with Posorja handling larger vessels. Sea transit roughly 50 to 75 days from Mundra, always with more than one transhipment. Conformity: National technical labelling requirements apply, and Spanish-language labelling is required on imported tile.
- Canada (North America): cities served Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg. Gateway: Montreal and Halifax for the east, Vancouver and Prince Rupert for the west. Sea transit roughly 30 to 45 days to the east coast and 35 to 50 days to the Pacific coast, usually with one transhipment. Conformity: ANSI A137.1 is the reference specification and TTMAC guidance governs installation practice, with bilingual English and French packaging required federally.
- Mexico (North America): cities served Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Cancún, Saltillo, Puebla, Tijuana. Gateway: Manzanillo on the Pacific for Asian cargo, with Veracruz and Altamira serving the Gulf. Sea transit roughly 35 to 50 days to Manzanillo, normally with one transhipment in Southeast Asia. Conformity: Mexican commercial labelling rules apply, with Spanish-language labelling, metric units, country of origin and the importer's details on the packaging.
- Guatemala (Central America): cities served Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Escuintla, Villa Nueva, Puerto Barrios. Gateway: Puerto Quetzal on the Pacific for Asian cargo, with Santo Tomás de Castilla on the Caribbean. Sea transit roughly 40 to 55 days from Mundra, typically with two transhipments. Conformity: Regional Central American standards apply, ceramic tile is specified to ISO 13006 characteristics, and Spanish-language labelling is expected.
- Honduras (Central America): cities served San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, Puerto Cortés, La Ceiba, Choloma. Gateway: Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean, one of the busiest container ports in Central America. Sea transit roughly 40 to 58 days from Mundra, transhipped via a Mediterranean or Caribbean hub. Conformity: Regional Central American standards apply, ceramic tile is specified to ISO 13006 characteristics, and Spanish-language labelling is expected.
- Nicaragua (Central America): cities served Managua, León, Chinandega, Granada. Gateway: Corinto on the Pacific, with many importers routing instead through Honduran or Guatemalan ports and trucking in. Sea transit roughly 42 to 60 days from Mundra, double-transhipped, with limited direct service to Corinto. Conformity: Regional Central American standards apply, ceramic tile is specified to ISO 13006 characteristics, and Spanish-language labelling is expected.
- Colombia (South America): cities served Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Pereira. Gateway: Cartagena and Barranquilla on the Caribbean, with Buenaventura serving the Pacific corridor. Sea transit roughly 35 to 50 days to Cartagena, and 45 to 65 days to Buenaventura with two transhipments. Conformity: Colombia operates a specific mandatory labelling regulation for ceramic tile, with importers enrolled in the national registry and all labelling in Spanish.
- Venezuela (South America): cities served Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Barquisimeto. Gateway: Puerto Cabello, with La Guaira serving Caracas and Maracaibo serving the west. Sea transit roughly 38 to 55 days from Mundra, transhipped, with thinner service frequency than neighbouring markets. Conformity: National standards apply and Spanish-language labelling is expected; import permit requirements have changed repeatedly and should be confirmed at the time of order.
- Peru (South America): cities served Lima, Callao, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Cusco. Gateway: Callao, with the new deepwater port at Chancay reshaping Asian routing and Paita serving the north. Sea transit roughly 45 to 65 days from Mundra, normally double-transhipped. Conformity: Peruvian national standards adopt ISO 13006 for ceramic tile classification and labelling, with ISO 10545 test methods, and Spanish-language labelling applies.
- Chile (South America): cities served Santiago, San Antonio, Valparaíso, Concepción, Antofagasta, Viña del Mar, La Serena. Gateway: San Antonio and Valparaíso serving Santiago, with Coronel in the south and Antofagasta in the mining north. Sea transit roughly 45 to 70 days or more from Mundra, almost always double-transhipped, the longest lane we run. Conformity: Chilean national standards govern ceramic tile performance, aligned to ISO 13006 and ISO 10545 test methods, and Spanish-language labelling applies.
- Australia (Oceania): cities served Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle. Gateway: Port Botany in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on the east coast, with Fremantle serving the west. Sea transit roughly 14 to 21 days to the east coast and 10 to 14 days to Fremantle, usually transhipped through Singapore or Colombo. Conformity: Australian standards adopt ISO 13006 for classification and marking, and the National Construction Code sets mandatory slip-resistance requirements for ramps, stairs and landings, so buyers routinely ask for accredited test reports.
- Vietnam (Southeast Asia): cities served Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Binh Duong, Can Tho, Nha Trang. Gateway: Cat Lai and Cai Mep for the south, Hai Phong for the north, and Da Nang for the centre. Sea transit roughly 10 to 18 days from Mundra, most services transhipping through Singapore or Port Klang. Conformity: A national construction technical regulation covers ceramic tiles, requiring certification of conformity and a published declaration before the goods can circulate, with sample testing on import consignments.
- Taiwan (East Asia): cities served Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taoyuan. Gateway: Kaohsiung as the dominant container port, with Taichung and Keelung serving the centre and north. Sea transit roughly 14 to 22 days from Mundra, generally transhipped through Singapore or Port Klang. Conformity: National standards apply, and mandatory commodity inspection targets exterior and facade tile specifically, tested at an accredited laboratory; interior floor and wall tile faces a lighter regime though buyers still specify ISO 13006 performance.
- Israel (Middle East): cities served Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Ashdod, Be'er Sheva, Netanya. Gateway: Haifa and Ashdod on the Mediterranean; Eilat on the Red Sea is not currently a working route. Sea transit roughly 12 to 18 days when carriers route through Suez, extending to 25 to 35 days or more on Cape routing, so we confirm the routing at booking. Conformity: The mandatory Israeli product standard for ceramic tiles applies, and tile intended for flooring must be tested before customs clearance, while wall cladding need not be; slip resistance is tested under a separate standard.
- Kazakhstan (Central Asia): cities served Almaty, Astana, Shymkent, Aktau, Karaganda, Atyrau, Aktobe. Gateway: Landlocked. Cargo moves by sea to Bandar Abbas then rail north through Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, or across the Caspian to Aktau. Sea transit roughly 25 to 30 days end to end on the Bandar Abbas rail corridor, varying with congestion; this is a multimodal route, not a pure sea leg. Conformity: Eurasian Economic Union conformity applies, with EAC certification or declaration through an accredited body; a certificate issued in Kazakhstan is valid across all five member states, and Russian-language documentation is expected.
- Azerbaijan (Caucasus): cities served Baku, Sumqayit, Ganja, Mingachevir, Shirvan, Lankaran, Shusha. Gateway: No open-sea access. Cargo moves by sea to Bandar Abbas then overland through Iran to the Astara crossing, or across the Caspian to Baku. Sea transit broadly 25 to 35 days end to end via the Bandar Abbas and Astara corridor, with wide variance; this is a multimodal route and we confirm the schedule per booking. Conformity: A national certificate of conformity is required for construction products, and accredited bodies can issue it on the basis of existing valid test reports from India and other recognised jurisdictions rather than requiring full local retesting.
- South Africa (Southern Africa): cities served Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein, Polokwane. Gateway: Durban as the dominant container gateway, with Cape Town, Coega and Richards Bay secondary. Sea transit roughly 18 to 28 days from Mundra, often direct or with a single transhipment. Conformity: National compulsory specifications are administered by the regulator and SANS standards apply commercially; trade-remedy measures currently affect ceramic tile of Indian origin, so we confirm the landed position with you before quoting.
- Tanzania (East Africa): cities served Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Arusha, Mwanza, Mbeya, Zanzibar, Morogoro. Gateway: Dar es Salaam, which also serves as the transit gateway for Zambia, the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Malawi. Sea transit roughly 14 to 21 days from Mundra, among the shortest routes we run, with direct Indian Ocean services. Conformity: A mandatory pre-export verification of conformity programme applies, and a certificate of conformity is required for customs clearance; we confirm the scope against your HS code before shipping.
- Ethiopia (East Africa): cities served Addis Ababa, Modjo, Adama, Dire Dawa, Hawassa, Bahir Dar, Mekelle. Gateway: Landlocked. Cargo enters through the Port of Djibouti and moves inland by rail or road to the Modjo dry port. Sea transit roughly 12 to 20 days by sea to Djibouti, one of the shortest sea legs from India, plus inland clearance and haulage where most of the delay concentrates. Conformity: A mandatory pre-export verification of conformity programme applies and a certificate of conformity from an authorised body is required at clearance; we confirm current scope before shipping.
- Cameroon (Central Africa): cities served Douala, Yaoundé, Kribi, Bafoussam, Garoua, Bamenda, Limbe. Gateway: Douala as the dominant port, with the Kribi deepwater port taking larger vessels; Douala also serves Chad and the Central African Republic. Sea transit roughly 28 to 40 days from Mundra, normally transhipped through a Middle East or Mediterranean hub. Conformity: A mandatory conformity assessment programme applies: an attestation of conformity from an authorised body supports the certificate required at clearance, and a cargo tracking note is also needed.
- DR Congo (Central Africa): cities served Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Matadi, Kolwezi, Goma, Kisangani, Bukavu. Gateway: Matadi on the Congo River for the west; the southeastern mining belt is usually served overland from Dar es Salaam or Durban. Sea transit roughly 30 to 45 days to Matadi, transhipped; the southeast is often faster door to door via Dar es Salaam despite the long inland haul. Conformity: A mandatory pre-export verification programme applies above a value threshold, with markings and instructions required in French or English, and a cargo tracking note is also needed.
- Guinea (West Africa): cities served Conakry, Kankan, Nzérékoré, Kindia, Boké, Labé, Siguiri. Gateway: Conakry, effectively the country's only container port. Sea transit roughly 30 to 42 days from Mundra, transhipped. Conformity: An import verification programme applies and a cargo tracking note is required; we confirm the current scope for building materials before shipping.
- Liberia (West Africa): cities served Monrovia, Buchanan, Ganta, Gbarnga, Kakata, Zwedru, Harper. Gateway: The Freeport of Monrovia, with Buchanan handling some general cargo. Sea transit roughly 30 to 42 days from Mundra, transhipped. Conformity: Mandatory pre-shipment inspection applies above a value threshold, and an import permit declaration is required alongside a cargo tracking note.
- Sierra Leone (West Africa): cities served Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni, Koidu, Port Loko, Lunsar. Gateway: Freetown, effectively the country's only container port. Sea transit roughly 30 to 42 days from Mundra, transhipped. Conformity: The national standards bureau inspects imported goods and issues certificates of conformity, and a certificate may be required from the bureau or a recognised body before clearance.
- Gambia (West Africa): cities served Banjul, Serekunda, Brikama, Bakau, Farafenni, Basse Santa Su, Soma. Gateway: Banjul, the country's only port, with some cargo routed via Dakar. Sea transit roughly 28 to 40 days from Mundra, transhipped. Conformity: The national standards bureau handles certification, and a cargo tracking note is required for maritime shipments.
- Madagascar (East Africa): cities served Antananarivo, Toamasina, Antsirabe, Mahajanga, Fianarantsoa, Toliara, Nosy Be. Gateway: Toamasina, handling the large majority of imports, with Mahajanga and Toliara secondary. Sea transit roughly 16 to 26 days from Mundra, often transhipped but geographically a short Indian Ocean run. Conformity: National standards apply, and a cargo tracking note is mandatory for all maritime shipments, which is a common cause of clearance delay when omitted.
- Libya (North Africa): cities served Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi, Al Khums, Zawiya, Sabratha, Tobruk. Gateway: Misrata as the most modern container gateway, with Tripoli carrying the largest import share, plus Khoms and Benghazi. Sea transit roughly 18 to 30 days from Mundra, generally via Suez with a Mediterranean transhipment. Conformity: A certificate of inspection from an approved international inspection company is required as a condition of opening a documentary letter of credit, and physical pre-shipment inspection applies.
- France (Western Europe): cities served Paris, Le Havre, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse. Gateway: Le Havre as the principal northern gateway, with Marseille-Fos offering the shortest Suez routing and Dunkirk secondary. Sea transit roughly 3 to 6 weeks from Mundra, extending toward the upper end when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against harmonised standard EN 14411.
- Germany (Western Europe): cities served Hamburg, Duisburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt. Gateway: Hamburg as the dominant gateway, though much German-bound cargo enters via Rotterdam or Antwerp and moves by Rhine barge. Sea transit roughly 3 to 6 weeks from Mundra, extending further when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411; German buyers hold exacting documentation expectations.
- United Kingdom (Northern Europe): cities served London, Felixstowe, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Glasgow. Gateway: Felixstowe, handling over 40 per cent of UK container traffic, with London Gateway and Southampton as real alternatives. Sea transit roughly 4 to 6 weeks from Mundra, extending when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411 remains fully accepted: the UK extended CE recognition for construction products indefinitely in 2024, with a minimum two-year notice before any change. UKCA marking is available as an alternative but is not required.
- Ireland (Northern Europe): cities served Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford. Gateway: Dublin Port, with Cork Container Terminal as the second route; there is no direct deep-sea call, so cargo transships at Rotterdam or Antwerp. Sea transit roughly 5 to 8 weeks from Mundra including the feeder leg, extending when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411.
- Poland (Eastern Europe): cities served Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łódź, Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Katowice. Gateway: the Baltic Hub at Gdańsk, the only Baltic deepwater terminal taking direct Far East calls, with Gdynia secondary. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra, extending when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411.
- Romania (Eastern Europe): cities served Bucharest, Constanța, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Brașov, Iași, Ploiești. Gateway: Constanța, the Black Sea's largest port, with container capacity expanding through 2026 and 2027. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra via Suez, extending substantially on Cape routing, which removes the Black Sea's natural advantage. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411.
- Bulgaria (Balkans): cities served Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Ruse. Gateway: Varna as the leading container hub and Burgas as the southern gateway, with an inland rail-linked dry port serving Sofia. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra via Suez, extending substantially when vessels route via the Cape. Conformity: CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411.
- Turkey (Middle East): cities served Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Mersin, Antalya, Bursa, Hatay. Gateway: Ambarlı at Istanbul as the largest container gateway, with Mersin serving the south and Aliağa serving Izmir. Sea transit roughly 2 to 4 weeks from Mundra via Suez, the shortest lane we run to Europe, extending well beyond that on Cape routing. Conformity: Ceramic tiles fall under a harmonised standard, so CE marking under the national transposition of the Construction Products Regulation applies, with a Declaration of Performance against EN 14411.
- Georgia (Caucasus): cities served Tbilisi, Batumi, Poti, Kutaisi, Rustavi. Gateway: Poti, the container port, with Batumi secondary and primarily handling bulk. Sea transit roughly 4 to 7 weeks from Mundra via Suez and the Black Sea, extending substantially on Cape routing. Conformity: Georgia's technical regulation for construction products was drawn up on the basis of the EU regime, so CE-style documentation and an EN 14411 Declaration of Performance are the accepted evidence of conformity.
- India (South Asia, domestic market): cities served Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Pune, Kolkata, Surat, Chennai, Indore, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad. Dispatch: road and trailer directly out of Morbi, booked ex-factory at the unit gate through the cluster's own transporter fleet, with container rail now running from the Rafaleshwar cargo terminal for the long-haul corridors. Road transit 1 to 6 days depending on the corridor, with Gujarat and the west inside 2 days, the north and centre in 2 to 3, and the south and east in 4 to 6. Compliance: ceramic tiles sold in India fall under a mandatory Quality Control Order requiring conformity to IS 15622 and the ISI mark under a BIS licence, and interstate trailer movements need an e-way bill raised before dispatch; GST on ceramic and porcelain tiles under HSN 6907 is 18 per cent. Goods produced for export sit outside the Quality Control Order, so talk to our desk about the licensing position before planning a domestic programme.

## How buying works

1. Send an enquiry with sizes, quantities and destination port (https://luminatile.com/contact or the quote form on any page).
2. Lumina Tile quotes on your Incoterm with production and shipping dates confirmed up front.
3. Production is quality-controlled to the agreed grade; repeat orders match the first shipment's shade and calibre because the artwork for every produced design is retained.
4. Cargo ships from Mundra Port with the full document set, so customs clearance on the buyer's side does not wait on paperwork.

## Frequently asked questions

Q: Is Lumina Tile a manufacturer?
A: Lumina Tile is a curator and exporter. It selects, quality-controls and ships production from the Morbi cluster under one standard, which gives buyers the range of a thousand factories with a single accountable supplier.

Q: What is the minimum order quantity?
A: One full container. Sizes and designs can be mixed within the container, so a first order does not have to commit to a container of a single design.

Q: Which countries does Lumina Tile export to?
A: 56 export markets: Italy, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Malta, Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, USA, Dominican Republic, UAE, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Mauritania, Togo, Ecuador, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Australia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Madagascar, Libya, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia. Lumina Tile also supplies the Indian domestic market ex-factory from Morbi.

Q: Does Lumina Tile supply within India?
A: Yes. Domestic orders dispatch ex-factory from the Morbi plant by road, and by container rail on the longer corridors, to Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Pune, Kolkata, Surat, Chennai, Indore, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad. Billing is GST-compliant and an e-way bill is raised before dispatch. Ceramic tiles sold in India fall under a mandatory Quality Control Order requiring conformity to IS 15622 and the ISI mark under a BIS licence; goods produced for export are exempt, so confirm the licensing position with the desk before planning a domestic programme.

Q: What are the duties or taxes on Lumina Tile products?
A: Landed cost, duties and taxes are quoted per order rather than published, because they vary by destination, HS code and current trade measures. GST on ceramic and porcelain tiles under HSN 6907 within India is 18 per cent.

Q: What sizes are available?
A: 49 sizes across 8 categories, from 5 x 25 cm subway tiles up to 160 x 320 cm porcelain slabs, in thicknesses from 6 to 20 mm. See the size chart above for the surfaces each size is produced in.

Q: Does Lumina Tile provide samples?
A: Orders are produced to an agreed grade with quality control before shipment. Contact the export desk to discuss how grading and approval work for your order.

Q: How long does shipping take?
A: Sea transit from Mundra depends on destination: roughly 3 to 6 weeks to Europe and the Mediterranean, with exact sailing schedules confirmed at quote time. Per-market transit bands are listed under Export markets above.