Aluminium Importers & Exporters in Africa

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Africa — Aluminium trade. Across the region we track about 2 million import and 3.7 million export shipments. The largest aluminium importers are Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, sourcing mainly from China, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye.

2 million

Import shipments

3.7 million

Export shipments

Countries in region

Data fields per record

2015 – 2026

Coverage

Export & Import

Trade flows

Importing countries

Exporting countries

Fields per record

Excel / CSV

Delivery

Egypt

Top importer

China

Top supplier

Top Aluminium importing countries in Africa

#	Country	Import shipments	Share
1	Aluminium in Egypt	693,000+	35%
2	Aluminium in South Africa	612,000+	31%
3	Aluminium in Nigeria	328,000+	16%
4	Aluminium in Morocco	190,000+	10%
5	Aluminium in Algeria	164,000+	8%

Top suppliers of aluminium to Africa

#	Supplier country	Shipments to region
1	China	849,000+ (43%)
2	Saudi Arabia	193,000+ (10%)
3	Turkiye	149,000+ (8%)
4	Germany	110,000+ (6%)
5	Italy	100,000+ (5%)
6	Spain	95,000+ (5%)
7	Bahrain	71,000+ (4%)
8	South Korea	67,000+ (3%)
9	United Arab Emirates	49,000+ (2%)
10	Thailand	36,000+ (2%)
11	India	34,000+ (2%)
12	Netherlands	34,000+ (2%)
13	Malaysia	33,000+ (2%)
14	France	32,000+ (2%)
15	Egypt	24,000+ (1%)

Top Aluminium exporting countries in Africa

#	Country	Export shipments	Share
1	Aluminium in South Africa	2.4 million	64%
2	Aluminium in Egypt	688,000+	18%
3	Aluminium in Mozambique	538,000+	14%
4	Aluminium in Nigeria	123,000+	3%

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What a Aluminium shipment record contains

Each Aluminium shipment in Africa carries all 67 bill of lading fields — HS code and goods description, value, weight and volume, loading and discharge ports, vessel and container, plus the verified shipper and consignee. The key fields are listed below. Market-level totals on this page are free. The company-level contact fields (🔒) are included in the paid dataset.

Shipment & dates

bill_of_lading_no Unique bill of lading number
master_bill_of_lading Master B/L reference
bill_type_code B/L type (e.g. seaway bill)
flow Trade direction (import / export)
sailing_date Date the vessel departed origin
estimate_arrival_date Estimated arrival date
actual_arrival_date Actual arrival date
year Shipment year
month Shipment month
period Reporting period (year-month)
mode_of_transportation Sea / air / land mode
system_identity_id Internal record identifier

Product & HS classification

hs_code Harmonised System (HS) code
product_description Full commercial description of goods
hs_code_sure_level Confidence level of the HS match
marks_and_numbers Shipping marks & numbers

Route & geography

origin_country Country goods shipped from
destination_country Country goods shipped to
del_country Final delivery country
country_sure_level Confidence level of the country match
origin_port Port of loading
destination_port Port of discharge
port_of_final_delivery Final delivery point

Value, quantity & weight

lane_value_usd Shipment value on the lane (USD)
cif_value_usd CIF value (USD)
estimated_value_usd Estimated value (USD)
per_shipment_quantity Quantity in this shipment
quantity_unit Unit of quantity
per_shipment_weight_kg Shipment weight (kg)
weight_unit Unit of weight
cbm Cubic metres (volume)
teu Twenty-foot equivalent units
feu Forty-foot equivalent units

Supplier / exporter

supplier_name Exporter / shipper company name 🔒 paid
supplier_address Supplier full address 🔒 paid
supplier_city Supplier city 🔒 paid
supplier_phone Supplier phone number 🔒 paid
supplier_website Supplier website 🔒 paid
supplier_contact Supplier contact 🔒 paid
indicator_true_supplier Verified-supplier flag

Buyer / importer

importer_name Importer / consignee company name 🔒 paid
importer_address Importer full address 🔒 paid
importer_city Importer city 🔒 paid
importer_phone Importer phone number 🔒 paid
importer_website Importer website 🔒 paid
importer_contact Importer contact 🔒 paid
indicator_true_buyer Verified-buyer flag

Notify parties

notify_party_name Notify party company name 🔒 paid
notify_party_address Notify party address 🔒 paid
also_notify_name Additional notify party 🔒 paid

Vessel & voyage

vessel_name Vessel name
vessel_code IMO vessel code
vessel_country_code Vessel flag country
voyage Voyage number
manifest_no Manifest number
carrier_sasc_code Carrier SCAC code
freight_forwarder_name Freight forwarder

Container details

container_id Container number
container_size Container size
container_type Container type
container_desc_code Container description code
container_load_status FCL / LCL load status
container_type_of_service Service type

Booking contacts

booking_contact_email Booking contact email 🔒 paid
booking_contact_phone Booking contact phone 🔒 paid

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