Luanda - Exports of different non-oil goods produced in Angola, within the scope of the Production Support, Export Diversification and Import Substitution Program (PRODESI), were valued at US$59,396,442 ($1 = 827kz), from January to June this year.
This amount results from the export of more than ten products that left Angola in the first six months of 2023, with emphasis on glass packaging (22 370 491 kg - net weight), budgeted at US$13,196,047, according to data from the National Directorate of Foreign Trade (DNCE), requested by ANGOP.
Without quantifying the volume of products and the value of exports in the same period last year (1st half of 2022), the DNCE, supervised by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, points out that, in the last half of this year, 364 931 000 kg of clinker (raw material for the manufacture of cement) were exported, which yielded US$11,179,320.
This list also included the export of steel rods for construction (9 019 612 Kg), worth US$5,378,706.
Also included in the top 10 are wheat flour (7 529 849 kg), valued at US$5,43,292 followed by banana exports (6,581,634 kg), valued at US$4,433,402.
In the same set of exported products, beans (8 027 296 kg) appear in 6th position, with a weight valued at US$4,023,508 followed by sugar (4 945 376 kg), valued at US$3,866,953.
Then, in the aforementioned period, there was also the export of 1,562,734 kg of disposable diapers and sanitary pads, worth US$2,273,353 while Portland Cement (18 137 990 kg) was budgeted at US$2,232,175.
Juices and soft drinks (4 890 513 kg) were valued at US$1,333,398 in addition to other products (24 295 577 kg), estimated at US$6,436,372.
According to the National Directorate of Foreign Trade (DNCE), the respective products were exported to South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo Brazzaville, Portugal, France, Cuba and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Imports cost more than US$589.8 million
In terms of imports, in the first half of 2023, DNCE also points to the entry of more than 10 diverse products into Angola, valued at a total of US$589,829,943.
Among the most imported products, the highlight goes to chicken meat, with a net weight of 141 816116 kg, coming from the United States of America (USA) and Brazil, with a value of US$183,189,310.
Additionally, rice (135 150 668 kg) imported into India and Thailand cost US$85,658,898 while the import of palm oil (53 486 368 kg), from Malaysia and Indonesia, cost US$78,325,988.
Soybean cooking oil (18 502 400 kg), coming from Argentina and Portugal, had a cost of US$49,94,822 followed by pork (27 268 605 kg) from Brazil and Portugal, with an estimated value at US$41,412,563 respectively.
Along the same lines, importing milk (8,346,021 kg) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France cost US$38,81,888 compared to the US$19,409,155 spent on sugar (24 962 370 kg) imported from Brazil and India.
The list of more than 10 products imported by Angola also includes construction paints (2 489 780 kg), valued at US$12,147,499 wheat flour (18 015 812 kg), worth US$11,920,765 as well as beans (9 865 325 kg), with a cost of US$11,667,175.
These goods were imported from Portugal and China, Turkey and Portugal, as well as Canada and Argentina.
In addition, there was also the import of other products (99,236,542 kg), which cost US$58,921,875.
Regarding the process of certifying the quality of imported products, the DNCE clarifies that this mechanism may vary depending on the country, the types of products and the specific regulations applicable.
In Angola, for example, the certification of these goods is done through the issuance compliance certificates by the National Institute of Quality Control (INACOQ).
In the matrix of goods analyzed, the emphasis is on dairy products, flour products, pasta, dry grains, cereals and similar goods, as well as oils and similar stuff, which normally do not register notable levels of counterfeiting, while water and meat products are those that present the highest number of irregularities.
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