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IMPORT MARKET · HS 283919 · RWANDA · 2022

Sodium silicate (water glass) imports into Rwanda

Silicate used in detergents, adhesives, cement treatment and foundry binders; bought by detergent and paper manufacturers.

Customs description: Silicates; of sodium (excluding sodium metasilicates)

Imported in 2022
$2.3M
Weight
4,907 t
Value ÷ weight
$0.47/kg

Where Rwanda buys it from

Share of the 2022 import value, by country the goods came from.

  1. Kenya $942k · 41%
  2. United Rep. of Tanzania $710k · 31%
  3. Uganda $665k · 29%

The same product in the region

  • Tanzania · 2023 $2.9M →
  • Uganda · 2023 $447k
  • Kenya · 2023 $254k

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Source: UN Comtrade, imports reported by Rwanda for 2022, HS 283919. Values are as declared to customs; “value ÷ weight” divides the two reported totals and is not a price quote.