Cement was the biggest import to Angola by weight in 2010, according to the latest edition of the National Council of Shippers (CNC) statistical bulletin.
In 2010, all the goods imported into Angola weighed a total of 14.071 million tons and cement, including clinker, altogether weighed 2.7 million tons, or 19.25 percent of the total.
The figures from the CNC showed that malt beers were the second biggest product by weight, making up 5.69 percent of the total with 800,800 tons, a rise of 248.34 percent against the 229,900 tons imported in 2009.
The third product on the list was cane and beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, of which 522,000 tons were imported, or 3.71 percent of the total and in fourth place was wine and peripheral products, with 490,100 tons or 3.38 percent of the total.
The bulletin said that in 2010 the port of Luanda was the main point of entry in almost all areas, with a total of 10.6 million tons, followed by the port of Lobito with around1.83 million tons and by order of significance the ports of Namibe, Cabinda and Soyo.
The list of the main supplying countries in 2010 was headed by china, with 24.39 percent of the total, followed by Portugal, Brazil and Belgium, with the largest African partner being South Africa, with 3 percent of the total in ninth place overall.
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