(I-Africa-Trade Research Center News) Inkampani i-Applied Market Information (AMI), okuyinkampani yezocwaningo ezimakethe yase-UK, isanda kuveza ukuthi ukutshalwa kwemali okukhulu emazweni ase-Afrika kwenze lesi sifunda "saba ngenye yezimakethe ze-polymer ezishisa kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla."

Le nkampani ikhiphe umbiko wenhlolovo emakethe yama-polymeri e-Afrika, ibikezela ukuthi isilinganiso sokukhula saminyaka yonke sokufunwa kwe-polymeri e-Afrika eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo sizofinyelela ku-8%, kanti nezinga lokukhula kwamazwe ahlukahlukene e-Afrika liyahlukahluka, okuyiNingizimu Afrika Izinga lokukhula lonyaka liyi-5%. I-Ivory Coast ifinyelele ku-15%.

I-AMI isho ngokusobala ukuthi isimo emakethe yase-Afrika siyinkimbinkimbi. Izimakethe eziseNyakatho ne-Afrika naseNingizimu Afrika zivuthiwe kakhulu, kanti iningi lamanye amazwe aseningizimu yeSahara ahlukile kakhulu.

Umbiko wocwaningo ubalule iNigeria, iGibhithe neNingizimu Afrika njengezimakethe ezinkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika, okumanje zibalwa cishe nengxenye yokufunwa kwama-polymer ase-Afrika. Cishe konke ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki esifundeni kuvela kula mazwe amathathu.

I-AMI iveze ukuthi: "Yize la mazwe amathathu etshale imali enkulu emkhakheni omusha, i-Afrika isengumthengisi ongenisa impahla eningi ezweni lonke, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lesi simo singaguquki esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo."

Izinhlaka zezimpahla zilawula imakethe yase-Afrika, kanti ama-polyolefin enza cishe ama-60% wemfuno ephelele. I-Polypropylene idingeka kakhulu, futhi le nto isetshenziswa kakhulu ekukhiqizeni izikhwama ezahlukahlukene. Kepha i-AMI ithi isidingo sePET sikhula ngokushesha ngoba amabhodlela esiphuzo sePET athatha isikhundla sezikhwama zendabuko ezinesisindo esiphansi.

Ukwanda kwesidingo samapulasitiki kudonsele abatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe ezimakethe zase-Afrika, ikakhulukazi ezivela eChina naseNdiya. Kulindeleke ukuthi umkhuba wokungena kwemali yamazwe angaphandle uzoqhubeka. Enye into ebalulekile ebangela ukukhula kwesidingo se-polymer ukuthuthukiswa ngamandla kokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda nemisebenzi yokwakha. I-AMI ilinganisela ukuthi cishe ikota yesidingo sepulasitiki sase-Afrika sivela kulezi zindawo. Izinga eliphakathi elikhulayo lase-Afrika lingenye yamandla amakhulu okushayela. Isibonelo, ukufakwa kwezicelo njengamanje kubalwa ngaphansi kuka-50% wayo yonke imakethe ye-polymer yase-Afrika.

Kodwa-ke, i-Afrika ibhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu ekwandiseni ukukhiqizwa kwama-resin endawo ukuze kuthathe indawo yokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe, okwamanje angeniswa kakhulu evela eMiddle East noma e-Asia. I-AMI ithe izithiyo ekwandisweni komkhiqizo zifaka ukunikezwa kukagesi okungazinzile kanye nezinxushunxushu zepolitiki.

I-China-Africa Trade Research Center ihlaziya ukuthi ukuchuma kwemboni yengqalasizinda yase-Afrika kanye nokufunwa kwabathengi okuqhamuka ezingeni eliphakathi yizinto ezibalulekile ezithuthukisa ukukhula komkhakha wepulasitiki wase-Afrika, okwenza i-Afrika ibe ngenye yezimakethe ezishisa kakhulu zepolymer emhlabeni namuhla. Imibiko ehambisanayo ikhombisa ukuthi iNigeria, iGibhithe neNingizimu Afrika njengamanje izimakethe ezinkulu zabathengi base-Afrika, njengamanje zibalwa cishe nengxenye yokufunwa kwama-polymer ase-Afrika. Ukukhula okusheshayo kwesidingo sepulasitiki e-Afrika nakho kudonse utshalomali lwangaphandle oluvela eChina naseNdiya luye ezimakethe zase-Afrika. Kulindeleke ukuthi lo mkhuba wokungena kotshalomali bangaphandle uzoqhubeka.