ITG Industries
ITG supplies contractors, developers and public projects with construction materials from Turkish and Chinese manufacturers, managing specification compliance, load planning and phased deliveries aligned to site schedules.
What we source in this sector
Türkiye is one of the world's leading cement and steel exporters, with rebar and structural steel from the İskenderun and Karabük mill regions, cement from Mediterranean and Marmara plants, and chemicals from İstanbul and Kocaeli. In China, coated steel and cladding concentrate around Shandong and Tianjin, with waterproofing and admixture producers across Jiangsu.
Cement is verified against EN 197 / ASTM classes and rebar against grade certificates with mill test reports on every lot. Most African markets require pre-export conformity: PVoC with KEBS for Kenya, SONCAP for Nigeria, TBS programmes for Tanzania — ITG builds the certificate route into the order plan, not after production.
Heavy, low-value-density cargo means freight economics decide the supplier shortlist as much as unit price: FCL and break-bulk planning, port handling and inland legs are quoted together. Project sites order in phased lots against a delivery schedule rather than one bulk shipment.
Typically sea FCL via Mombasa or Dar es Salaam with inland delivery; oversized items handled as breakbulk with dedicated planning.
Representative project types illustrate the scope of work ITG performs in this sector; they are not claims about specific named clients.
Türkiye's exports to Africa up 12.6% to $13.3bn in first seven months of 2026
Türkiye's exports to Africa reached $13.3 billion in the first seven months of 2026, a 12.6% year-on-year increase, with July alone rising 16.3% to $2.3 billion, per figures cited by Türkiye-Africa Business Council Chairman Osman Aksoy. Egypt was among the strongest markets with Turkish exports up 26.1% to $2.3 billion (Jan–Jul); exports to South Africa rose 31.3% to $479 million and to Nigeria rose 52.1% to $453.2 million. Trade press notes advantages including the Türkiye-Egypt Free Trade Agreement and Egypt's COMESA access.
logisticsDurban port congestion persists with 5–9 day delays at Pier 2 amid NAVIS rollout
As of the 12–18 August 2026 reporting week, Durban's Pier 2 (DGT) continued to experience delays of 5–9 days driven by congestion, NAVIS system implementation and increased waterside waiting times, with 7-day average vessel waiting around 4.25 days and anchorage delays of 80–166 hours. Mombasa waiting times had eased to about 1.63 days but equipment shortages, high transhipment volumes and vessel bunching still impacted productivity. Beira in Mozambique showed a 7-day average vessel waiting time of about 16.11 days, with recovery expected later in the year.
logisticsWest African ports (Tema, Conakry, Abidjan) stay severely congested in mid-August; carriers omitting calls
Kuehne+Nagel's weekly update for 12–18 August 2026 reports Ghana's Tema at a 7-day average vessel wait of about 6.83 days with severe terminal congestion from a crane outage and restricted berth availability. Guinea Conakry averaged around 19.0 days of waiting due to limited dry, reefer and empty container storage. Côte d'Ivoire's Abidjan saw waits of around 5.25 days with delays of roughly 8 days, and carriers are omitting selected port calls, increasing rollover risks and transit-time variability.
Freight modes
Sea LCL/FCL, air, road and multimodal — planned against real chargeable-weight mathematics.
Operating hubs
Istanbul, Guangzhou and Kigali, with consolidation warehouses in Türkiye and China.
Destination coverage
The whole of Africa — main East and Central African corridors plus West, North and Southern African ports and inland cities.
ITG publishes market and corridor analysis only with named sources — sector statistics appear as sourced articles in Insights.