Cosmetics Importers & Exporters in Africa

🗓 Coverage 2015–2026🗂 67 data fields per record⚡ Instant Excel / CSV delivery

Africa — Cosmetics trade. Across the region we track about 288,000+ import and 111,000+ export shipments. The largest cosmetics importers are South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, sourcing mainly from Germany, Ireland, Spain.

288,000+

Import shipments

111,000+

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

South Africa

Top importer

Germany

Top supplier

Top Cosmetics importing countries in Africa

#	Country	Import shipments	Share
1	Cosmetics in South Africa	150,000+	52%
2	Cosmetics in Egypt	74,000+	26%
3	Cosmetics in Nigeria	33,000+	12%
4	Cosmetics in Morocco	30,000+	11%

Top suppliers of cosmetics to Africa

#	Supplier country	Shipments to region
1	Germany	44,000+ (16%)
2	Ireland	32,000+ (12%)
3	Spain	23,000+ (8%)
4	United States	23,000+ (8%)
5	United Kingdom	21,000+ (8%)
6	Poland	20,000+ (7%)
7	China	19,000+ (7%)
8	France	18,000+ (7%)
9	Italy	16,000+ (6%)
10	Netherlands	13,000+ (5%)
11	India	10,000+ (3%)
12	Switzerland	8,000+ (3%)
13	Turkiye	7,000+ (3%)
14	Belgium	5,000+ (2%)
15	Saudi Arabia	4,000+ (2%)

Top Cosmetics exporting countries in Africa

#	Country	Export shipments	Share
1	Cosmetics in South Africa	54,000+	48%
2	Cosmetics in Egypt	48,000+	43%
3	Cosmetics in Morocco	5,000+	5%
4	Cosmetics in Madagascar	4,000+	4%

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What a Cosmetics shipment record contains

Each Cosmetics 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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