africon recently conducted aluminium market research in Africa and this revealed that the Aluminium market in sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing a steady growth in the past decade. The major contribution to this, is the increased import of hollow profiles of aluminium alloys into Sub-Saharan Africa which has grown by 467%, from 23 mn tonnes to 107 mn tonnes between 2008 and 2017, compared to other profiles. The non-alloyed profiles which has the lowest contribution seems to be dwindling in import size, as they only increased between 2009 and 2012, after which they began to decline.

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Aluminium profiles market growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Imports of aluminium into sub-Saharan Africa is growing, and alloy
hollow profiles had the strongest growth in the past decade.
Aluminium profile imports in sub-Saharan Africa
(2008 - 2017, in million tonnes)
6 7
17 17 18 17 15 15
10 8
23
28
35
59
70
84
91 93 92
107
27
39 41
53
62
73 72
69 69 69
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Source:UNComtrade
Bars, rods & profiles of aluminium, not alloyed
Bars, rods & profiles (excluding hollow profiles) of aluminium alloys
Hollow profiles of aluminium alloys