trade data
Reading Kenyan customs data without fooling yourself
Entry counts are not turnover, a busy year is not a bigger year, and a missing value column does not mean the goods were free. What the record actually supports.
Nairobi, Kenya · Ministry of Trade licensed scrap exporter
One of Africa’s largest recyclable waste and scrap metal dealers
Twinkle Consolidated is one of Africa’s largest recyclable waste and scrap metal dealers by geographical reach, spanning over 300 locations across the continent. As Kenya’s undisputed market leader by volume, we specialize in decommissioning structural steel, industrial scrap, and heavy machinery—converting end-of-life assets into immediate liquid capital.
- Ferrous scrap
- Non-ferrous scrap
- Structural steel
- Heavy machinery
- End-of-life fleet
- 300+
- Locations across Africa
- No. 1
- In Kenya by scrap volume
- 1,628
- Customs records published
Mother Earth needs to rest. That is why we recycle.
Every tonne of steel we recover is a tonne that never has to be mined, smelted and shipped from ore again. We buy ferrous and non-ferrous scrap across the continent, decommission the plant, fleet and structures it comes from, pay for it on valuation before the dismantling is done, and sell it into the mills that need it. Four desks, one weighbridge ticket, and our own Kenya customs record published so you can check the scale rather than take a claim on trust.
From scrap to capital, under one roof
We buy the scrap, we decommission what it comes from, we pay for it before the cutting is finished, and we sell it into the mills. One weighbridge ticket runs through all four desks.
- Clients served
- 100,000+
- B2B buyers and resellers
- 45,000+
- Collection points across Africa
- 300+
Our reach
Over 300 locations across Africa
Scrap is heavy and worthless to move unless somebody is buying at the other end. Our collection network puts a buying point within reach of the seller, from a workshop in Nairobi to a mine site across the border, which is what turns a pile of steel into money.
- Kenya
- East Africa
- Southern Africa
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- Export via Mombasa
Our customs record, published
1,628 Kenya customs entries indexed since 30 July 2024, across 17 suppliers. The containers that leave Mombasa full of scrap come back with the recyclables and consumables the yards run on, and every entry is here to check.
Import entries indexed per year
Kenya customsWhere the scrap comes from
Every industry retires plant, structures and fleet. The desks are the same; what changes is how the material comes down and what the paperwork has to show.
Manufacturing
Production offcuts, rejects, turnings and retired lines, collected weekly and paid per weighbridge ticket.
Construction and demolition
Structural steel, rebar and frames taken down in sections, with the contractor paid lot by lot as the steel comes off.
Transport and fleet
End-of-life trucks, buses and yellow plant, depolluted and stripped, with non-ferrous and catalytic content valued separately.
Energy and utilities
Transformers, switchgear, cable and substation plant, decommissioned safely and recovered for copper and steel.
Agriculture and agro-processing
Mills, dryers, tanks and processing lines at the end of their life, cleared between seasons to keep the site working.
Mining and heavy industry
Crushers, conveyors, heavy machinery and plant buildings, dismantled on site and shipped as graded scrap.
Counterparties in the record
- General Export Enterprises · China
- General Trading Co. · China
- Respect Motors Co., Ltd. · China
- Rayn Co., Ltd. · China
Market notes
scrap metal
What scrap metal export licensing actually requires in Kenya
Scrap export is regulated for good reasons. What a compliant exporter holds, what a buyer should ask to see, and where informal chains break down.
asset disposal
The real cost of idle plant on your balance sheet
Machinery that stopped earning does not stop costing. Space, insurance, depreciation and audit exposure, and why disposal keeps being postponed.
Tell us what you have standing idle
A description of the plant, the structure or the fleet, and where it is, is enough for us to send a valuer and put a number on it.