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The African engine oil market is projected to experience higher demand owing to expansion across the industries of mining , steel , cement , & construction . Low grade lubricants such as API ( American Petroleum Institute ) CC / CDS & CFs are widely used in Africa . However , the demand for high quality base oils is steadily rising . The African market is bifurcated on the basis of applications and regions .
Applications include passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles . The former segment held majority shares in the past . Sales channels of passenger & commercial vehicles comprise garages , workshops & servicing centers ; original equipment manufacturers ( OEMs ); and others ( like independent retailers ).
Other applications ; like industrial dominated in 2014 , with shares exceeding 45 %. Automotive applications generated over 40 % shares the same year . The remaining shares were occupied by aviation and marine industries .
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Independent workshops were the preferred & leading sales channel for passenger vehicles . This preference was attributed to cheaper and faster services offered by these workshops as opposed to OEMs .
African nations ; like Egypt , Algeria , Nigeria , South Africa , Morocco , and Sudan acco unted for over 70 % of the total volumes in 2014 . Egypt produced around 20 % of the regional volumes that year .
However , Nigerian lubricants accounted nearly 8.2 % of the overall volumes . African automotive sales stood over 1.6 million units in 2013 , with over 21 million units of passenger cars operating there .
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