SOURCING · KENYA · UGANDA · TANZANIA · RWANDA
Construction materials: three checked supplier quotes
For contractors, developers, hardware wholesalers and manufacturers. Tell us what you need. We call you to confirm the spec, budget and timing, then pass your request to up to three suppliers who quote you directly. It’s free for buyers.
What you can ask for
- Steel bars, sections and sheets
- Roofing sheets
- Tiles and sanitary ware
- Glass
- Pipes and fittings
- Cement and clinker
- Prefabricated buildings
Something else? Describe it in the request and we’ll tell you if we can find suppliers for it.
How it works
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1
You ask
Product, quantity, budget and when you need it. Two minutes.
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We call you
Within one working day, to confirm the spec and that you want to hear from suppliers.
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3
Suppliers quote
Up to three, so you can compare. Your details never go to more than three.
What the region imports
Largest products first: yearly imports into Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda combined (UN Comtrade). Open one for its countries and suppliers.
- Hot-rolled steel coil, under 3mm $787.9M
- Steel billets (low carbon, square section) $211.6M
- Pre-painted steel sheet $184.1M
- Cement clinker $165.7M
- Other steel structures and parts $146.2M
- Steel wire rod, small diameter $139.2M
- Prefabricated buildings (not wood) $116.2M
- Aluminium wire rod, thick (unalloyed) $85.5M
- Hot-rolled steel plate, 3 to 4.75mm $83.9M
- Aluzinc coated steel sheet $74.2M
- Portland cement (grey) $73.8M
- Other iron and steel articles $72.2M
- Low-carbon steel billets (other sections) $71.5M
- Tinned iron and steel scrap $68.6M
- Glass bottles and jars $67.5M
- Ceramic floor and wall tiles (medium absorption) $56.0M
- Deformed reinforcing bars (rebar) $55.4M
- Steel rails $51.8M
- Steel towers and lattice masts $50.8M
- Large SAW line pipe for oil and gas $49.9M
- Salt (table, industrial and denatured) $47.9M
- Galvanised flat steel sheet and coil $47.3M
- Galvanised corrugated roofing sheet $46.6M
- Alloy steel hot-rolled coil $45.4M
- Aluminium alloy ingots $43.2M
- Porcelain floor and wall tiles $41.2M
- Hot-rolled steel coil, 3–4.75 mm $39.0M
- Hot-rolled steel sheet (thin, not coiled) $36.9M
- Other steel screws and bolts $34.5M
- Other coated wide flat steel $31.9M
- Aluminium conductor cable (no steel core) $31.0M
- Steel gas cylinders $29.6M
- Other welded steel tubes and profiles $28.8M
- Stainless steel household articles $28.5M
- Seamless line pipe for oil and gas $28.2M
- Square and rectangular steel tubes $28.0M
- Hot-rolled steel coil, 4.75–10 mm $27.7M
- Steel modular buildings $27.0M
- Porcelain sanitaryware $26.9M
- Reflective and coated float glass $25.1M
Give the specification and standard, the quantity and the delivery site; transport is often a big part of the cost.