(Africa-Trade Research Centre News) Applied Market Information (AMI), inkampani yophando yentengiso esekwe e-UK, kutsha nje ithi utyalomali olukhulu kumazwe ase-Afrika lenze lo mmandla "waba yenye yeemarike zePolymer ezishushu kwihlabathi namhlanje."

Inkampani ikhuphe ingxelo yophando kwimakethi ye-polym e-Afrika, iqikelela ukuba umyinge wokukhula kwemfuno yonyaka e-Afrika kwiminyaka emi-5 ezayo izakufikelela kwi-8%, kwaye izinga lokukhula kwamazwe ahlukeneyo e-Afrika ayahluka, lawo uMzantsi Afrika Izinga lokukhula lonyaka li-5%. I-Ivory Coast ifikelele kwi-15%.

I-AMI yathetha phandle ukuba imeko kwintengiso yase-Afrika inzima. Iimarike eMntla Afrika nase Mzantsi Afrika zivuthwe kakhulu, ngelixa uninzi lwamazwe akumazantsi eSahara ahluke kakhulu.

Ingxelo yophando idwelise iNigeria, i-Egypt kunye noMzantsi Afrika njengeemarike ezinkulu e-Afrika, ekungoku nje ezenza phantse isiqingatha se-Afrika. Phantse yonke imveliso yeplastiki kulo mmandla ivela kula mazwe mathathu.

I-AMI ikhankanyile: "Nangona la mazwe mathathu etyale imali eninzi kumthamo omtsha, i-Afrika isengumngenisi we-resin, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba le meko ingatshintshi kwikamva elibonakalayo."

Iintsalela zorhwebo zilawula intengiso yase-Afrika, kwaye i-polyolefins i-akhawunti malunga ne-60% yemfuno iyonke. I-Polypropylene ibaluleke kakhulu, kwaye le nto isetyenziswa kakhulu kwimveliso yeebhegi ezahlukeneyo. Kodwa i-AMI ibango lokuba imfuno ye-PET ikhula ngokukhawuleza kuba iibhotile zesiselo se-PET zithatha indawo yeengxowa zemveli ze-polyethylene.

Ukwanda kwemfuno yeeplastikhi kuye kwatsala utyalo-mali lwangaphandle kwintengiso yase-Afrika, ngakumbi e-China nase-India. Kulindelwe ukuba imeko yokungena kwemali yamanye amazwe iqhubeke. Enye into ephambili eqhuba ukukhula kweemfuno zepolymer kukuphuculwa ngamandla kophuhliso lwezixhobo kunye nemisebenzi yokwakha. I-AMI iqikelela ukuba phantse ikota yeemfuno zeplastiki zaseAfrika zivela kwezi ndawo. Amanqanaba akhulayo akumgangatho ophakathi wase-Afrika yenye into ebalulekileyo yokuqhuba. Umzekelo, ukufakwa kwezicelo okwangoku kungaphezulwana nje kwe-50% yentengiso ye-polymer yaseAfrika.

Nangona kunjalo, i-Afrika ijongene nemiceli mngeni mikhulu ekwandiseni imveliso yentlaka yasekhaya ukuze ithathe indawo yokungeniswa elizweni, okwangoku engeniswe kakhulu kuMbindi Mpuma okanye eAsia. I-AMI ithe imiqobo kulwandiso lwemveliso ibandakanya unikezelo lwamandla olungazinzanga kunye nengxwabangxwaba yezopolitiko.

Iziko lase China-Africa loPhando loRhwebo lihlalutya ukuba ukuchuma kweshishini leziseko zophuhliso zase-Afrika kunye neemfuno zabathengi ezivela kwinqanaba eliphakathi zizinto eziphambili ezonyusa ukukhula kweshishini leplastikhi laseAfrika, okwenza iAfrika ibe yenye yeemarike zePolymer ezishushu kwihlabathi namhlanje. Iingxelo ezinxulumene noko zibonisa ukuba iNigeria, i-Egypt kunye noMzantsi Afrika okwangoku zezona ntengiso zinkulu zabathengi base-Afrika, okwangoku kubalwa phantse isiqingatha semfuno ye-polymeri yase-Afrika. Ukukhula okukhawulezileyo kwemfuno yeeplastikhi e-Afrika nako kuye kwatsala utyalo-mali lwangaphandle oluvela e-China nase-India kwintengiso yase-Afrika. Kulindeleke ukuba le meko yokungena kotyalo mali lwangaphandle iqhubeke.