Where we broker, port by port
Each market page states the official import figures, origins and landed values for one port or country, and what CBIL brokers into it. The numbers are UN Comtrade and national-regulator data with the source under each page; nothing on these pages is a quote.
East Africa
Mombasa
Bitumen CFR Mombasa, Kenya
Drummed bitumen through Mombasa for Kenya and the Northern Corridor
Kenya imports about 40,000 tonnes of bitumen a year, almost all in drums through Mombasa, and the port also serves Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. CBIL brokers penetration grades CFR Mombasa for a named importer, road contractor or emulsion plant.
- Kenya imports, 2024: 39,850 t across 9 origins
- Largest declared origins: UAE 37% · Kuwait 12% · Oman 9% · China 4% · Türkiye 4%
Dar es Salaam
Bitumen Supplier, Dar es Salaam
East Africa's largest bitumen port, and the only one that already pays for European provenance
Tanzania imports close to 60,000 tonnes of bitumen a year through Dar es Salaam and feeds Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo Copperbelt. A quarter of it is European product landed at a premium. CBIL brokers penetration grades CFR Dar es Salaam for importers, emulsion plants and contractors.
- Tanzania imports, 2024: 57,956 t
- Origins and landed values: UAE 71% at ~USD 500 · Spain 20% at ~USD 800 · UK 6% at ~USD 806
Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, for Kigali
Bitumen Supplier, Rwanda
The most European-fed bitumen market in Africa
Rwanda buys about 24,000 tonnes of bitumen a year from seventeen origins, and more than half of it is European refinery product landed via Dar es Salaam and Mombasa at a premium. CBIL brokers named-refinery penetration grades for Rwandan contractors and distributors.
- Rwanda imports, last declared year: 23,634 t from 17 origins
- European share: about 59% — Lithuania 41%, Croatia 7%, Italy 5%, Poland 4%, Slovenia, Türkiye
West Africa
Lomé
Bitumen at Lomé: West Africa's Transit Hub
The largest destination for Turkish bitumen in the world, most of it moving on
Lomé receives more Turkish bitumen than any port anywhere — about 370,000 tonnes in 2025 — and most of it moves on in bond to Nigeria and the Sahel. CBIL brokers drummed and bulk bitumen into Lomé and the Gulf of Guinea for importers, storage operators and road contractors.
- Turkish exports declared to Togo, 2025: 368,397 t (25% of Türkiye's total)
- Togo declared imports, 2025: 112,631 t: Türkiye 51%, Greece 49%
Freetown (Kissy oil jetty)
Petroleum Products into Freetown, Sierra Leone
Six importers, one jetty, six hundred thousand tonnes a year
Sierra Leone imports about 630,000 tonnes of gasoline and diesel a year through Freetown's Kissy oil jetty, bought by six licensed marketing companies in parcels of 2,000 to 30,000 tonnes. CBIL brokers gasoline, 10 ppm gasoil and jet fuel CFR Freetown for a named importer, from a named terminal, against inspection and a letter of credit.
- Imports, Jan–Jun 2026: 314,897 t (regulator's figure) — about 630,000 t a year
- Importers: Six licensed OMCs; top two hold 51%, top four 84%