Bitumen Price by Country — 45+ Markets, Grades and Conformity

Bitumen price by country depends on three things, and only one of them is the bitumen itself. This page publishes indicative CFR prices for more than forty destination markets, built from our FOB Mersin base price plus route-specific ocean freight. Each entry shows the grade that market actually specifies, the discharge port, and — the part most price pages leave out — the conformity certificate your shipment needs before it sails.

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Gulf and Middle East
🇦🇪 UAE · 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · 🇶🇦 Qatar · 🇰🇼 Kuwait · 🇴🇲 Oman · 🇧🇭 Bahrain · 🇮🇶 Iraq · 🇾🇪 Yemen · 🇯🇴 Jordan

Mediterranean and Black Sea
🇹🇷 Turkey · 🇸🇾 Syria · 🇱🇧 Lebanon · 🇪🇬 Egypt · 🇲🇦 Morocco · 🇹🇳 Tunisia · 🇩🇿 Algeria · 🇱🇾 Libya · 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇬🇪 Georgia · 🇺🇦 Ukraine

West and Central Africa
🇳🇬 Nigeria · 🇬🇭 Ghana · 🇸🇳 Senegal · 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire · 🇹🇬 Togo · 🇧🇯 Benin · 🇲🇷 Mauritania · 🇬🇳 Guinea · 🇱🇷 Liberia · 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 🇨🇬 Congo · 🇨🇩 DR Congo

East and Southern Africa
🇰🇪 Kenya · 🇹🇿 Tanzania · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · 🇩🇯 Djibouti · 🇸🇩 Sudan · 🇲🇿 Mozambique · 🇿🇦 South Africa · 🇳🇦 Namibia · 🇦🇴 Angola · 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Asia
🇮🇳 India · 🇨🇳 China · 🇻🇳 Vietnam · 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 🇲🇾 Malaysia · 🇹🇭 Thailand · 🇵🇭 Philippines · 🇧🇩 Bangladesh · 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · 🇲🇲 Myanmar

Americas
🇧🇷 Brazil · 🇵🇪 Peru · 🇲🇽 Mexico · 🇨🇱 Chile

🇦🇪 Bitumen Price in UAE

Jebel Ali serves both local construction and re-export across the GCC, so volumes are large and sailings frequent. The re-export flow means packing choice matters more than usual: drummed product moves on to inland destinations far more easily than bulk.

🇸🇦 Bitumen Price in Saudi Arabia

Vision 2030 infrastructure keeps demand steady across Jeddah, Dammam and inland distribution. The critical point is procedural: SABER registration must be completed before the goods ship. A cargo arriving without it sits at the port, and the registration cannot be issued retroactively.

🇶🇦 Bitumen Price in Qatar

Road and infrastructure work specifies 60/70 almost exclusively. Hamad Port handles direct calls, so transhipment through Jebel Ali is no longer necessary on most services.

🇰🇼 Bitumen Price in Kuwait

Summer surface temperatures make 60/70 the floor rather than the default; on port aprons and truck corridors where loads stand, 40/50 performs better. KUCAS certification is arranged at origin before loading.

🇴🇲 Bitumen Price in Oman

Salalah sits outside the Strait of Hormuz, which sometimes makes it the cheaper discharge option despite the inland leg. Worth comparing both routings at quotation stage.

🇧🇭 Bitumen Price in Bahrain

A compact network with modest volumes, usually served on the same service as Dammam. Consolidating with a Saudi parcel often improves the freight rate.

🇮🇶 Bitumen Price in Iraq

Iraq is one of the few markets where the overland route from Turkey genuinely competes with sea freight, particularly for northern destinations. For Basra and the south, Umm Qasr is normally cheaper. Reconstruction demand is substantial and tender-driven.

🇾🇪 Bitumen Price in Yemen

Reconstruction demand via Red Sea ports. Confirm current port operability and insurance position at booking, since both change.

🇯🇴 Bitumen Price in Jordan

Aqaba is the single maritime gateway, and it also serves as a transit route into Iraq. Short Red Sea haul keeps freight moderate.

🇹🇷 Bitumen Price in Turkey

Turkey is our origin, so there is no ocean freight component. Domestic buyers take FOB or ex-works terms with the shortest lead time of any market on this page. EN grades rather than the ASTM penetration naming used further south.

🇸🇾 Bitumen Price in Syria

Short haul from Mersin keeps freight among the lowest here, and overland routing is also possible. Reconstruction demand is significant. The commercial constraint is banking rather than logistics.

🇱🇧 Bitumen Price in Lebanon

Short Mediterranean haul with frequent sailings. Payment structure usually needs more attention than the shipping itself.

🇪🇬 Bitumen Price in Egypt

Large domestic market with substantial new city and road programmes. The GOEIC registration requirement catches out first-time exporters to Egypt, because it attaches to the supplier rather than the shipment.

🇲🇦 Bitumen Price in Morocco

Moroccan tenders usually cite EN grades rather than the ASTM penetration naming. A 60/70 offer against a 35/50 specification is not equivalent — check the equivalence chart before quoting.

🇹🇳 Bitumen Price in Tunisia

Among the shortest hauls on this page, which puts freight at the bottom of the Mediterranean band.

🇩🇿 Bitumen Price in Algeria

Saharan projects push toward 40/50 while the coastal strip works with 60/70. The import licensing regime is the main planning constraint, not freight.

🇱🇾 Bitumen Price in Libya

Reconstruction demand across multiple ports. Desert interior temperatures favour 40/50 for trunk routes.

🇬🇷 Bitumen Price in Greece

An EU market, so construction product regulation applies. CE marking and a declaration of performance are required, which is a different documentation set from most markets on this page.

🇷🇴 Bitumen Price in Romania

Constanta also serves as the entry point for Serbia and other Balkan destinations by road and barge.

🇬🇪 Bitumen Price in Georgia

A destination market and a transit gateway in equal measure — cargo for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Central Asia routes through Poti. Transit cargo needs a separate customs declaration arranged before arrival, and drums rather than bulk.

🇺🇦 Bitumen Price in Ukraine

Reconstruction demand is large. Routing via Constanta with an overland leg is sometimes more reliable than direct Black Sea discharge.

🇳🇬 Bitumen Price in Nigeria

West Africa’s largest import market, driven by federal and state road tenders. SONCAP requires inspection at origin and cannot be issued after the goods have sailed — the most common and most expensive documentation failure on this lane. Lagos congestion also makes free time at the port worth negotiating.

🇬🇭 Bitumen Price in Ghana

Steady government infrastructure demand. Tema handles most volume; Takoradi suits western region projects and avoids Tema congestion.

🇸🇳 Bitumen Price in Senegal

Dakar also serves Mali by road. French tender documents usually cite EN grades, so confirm whether 35/50 or 60/70 is actually specified.

🇨🇮 Bitumen Price in Côte d’Ivoire

One of the more active West African markets, and a transit corridor to Burkina Faso and Mali. High rainfall in the south means stripping rather than rutting is often the failure mode, which argues for the softer grade.

🇹🇬 Bitumen Price in Togo

Lomé is the transit gateway for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, so a large share of cargo landing there never stays in Togo. If your destination is inland, specify drums and arrange the transit declaration before arrival. Full detail on our Togo page.

🇧🇯 Bitumen Price in Benin

Cotonou competes directly with Lomé for Niger transit traffic. Comparing both at quotation stage is usually worth the effort.

🇲🇷 Bitumen Price in Mauritania

Saharan conditions push the grade harder than the West African default. Detail on grade selection for the heat is on our Mauritania page.

🇬🇳 Bitumen Price in Guinea

Mining haul roads generate demand alongside the national network. Very high rainfall makes adhesion the binding constraint.

🇱🇷 Bitumen Price in Liberia

English-language documentation, which removes a friction point common across the rest of the region.

🇨🇲 Bitumen Price in Cameroon

Kribi is the deep-water alternative to Douala and usually faster to clear. Cameroon also serves as a transit route to Chad and the Central African Republic.

🇨🇬 Bitumen Price in Congo

Pointe-Noire is the main deep-water Atlantic port for the region and handles onward cargo to Brazzaville and beyond.

🇨🇩 Bitumen Price in DR Congo

Two routings compete and they serve different halves of the country. Matadi suits the west; for the southern Copperbelt, Walvis Bay with the Trans-Caprivi corridor is often faster despite the longer road leg. Either way, drums rather than bulk.

🇰🇪 Bitumen Price in Kenya

Mombasa serves Kenya plus transit traffic to Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. PVoC requires inspection at origin, so it must be arranged before loading — the certificate cannot be obtained once the cargo is at sea.

🇹🇿 Bitumen Price in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam handles domestic demand plus transit to Zambia, Malawi, Burundi and the DRC. Transit volumes are substantial, so packing should suit the final destination rather than the port.

🇪🇹 Bitumen Price in Ethiopia

Landlocked, so every tonne moves through Djibouti and then roughly 900 km by road. Drums are effectively mandatory — inland sites have no heated discharge. The highland plateau also runs cooler than the coastal figures suggest, which affects grade choice.

🇩🇯 Bitumen Price in Djibouti

A small domestic market attached to a major transhipment hub. Most volume through Djibouti is destined for Ethiopia.

🇸🇩 Bitumen Price in Sudan

Short Red Sea haul keeps freight low relative to the rest of Africa. Interior temperatures are extreme, which argues against the softer grade on trunk routes.

🇲🇿 Bitumen Price in Mozambique

Three ports serving three different corridors — Maputo for the south and South Africa, Beira for Zimbabwe, Nacala for Malawi. Choose by final destination, not by price alone.

🇿🇦 Bitumen Price in South Africa

Tenders frequently cite SANS rather than ASTM or EN. The grades are broadly comparable but the test regime and reporting differ, so confirm the equivalence before quoting rather than after the certificate arrives.

🇳🇦 Bitumen Price in Namibia

Walvis Bay anchors three transit corridors to Botswana, Zambia, the DRC Copperbelt and southern Angola, so much of the cargo is not destined for Namibia. The Namib interior also has an extreme day-to-night temperature range, where the hardest grade is the wrong answer — detail on our Namibia page.

🇦🇴 Bitumen Price in Angola

Lobito connects to the rail corridor toward the DRC Copperbelt and Zambia, which is increasingly used for inland cargo.

🇲🇬 Bitumen Price in Madagascar

Island routing usually involves transhipment, which lengthens transit and adds handling. Cyclone season affects both port operations and the construction calendar.

🇮🇳 Bitumen Price in India

The single most common specification error on this page. India grades by viscosity at 60 °C, not penetration at 25 °C, and the two systems are not directly convertible. A 60/70 offer against a VG-30 tender is normally rejected at technical evaluation regardless of how the material would actually perform.

🇨🇳 Bitumen Price in China

The lowest freight band on this page, because the lane carries enormous volume in both directions. Bulk shipment suits the larger buyers; drummed product for smaller parcels.

🇻🇳 Bitumen Price in Vietnam

Heavy infrastructure investment and consistent import demand. Monsoon rainfall means adhesion and stripping resistance matter as much as rut resistance.

🇮🇩 Bitumen Price in Indonesia

Archipelago geography means multiple discharge points and frequent domestic transhipment. Specify the final island, not just the first port.

🇲🇾 Bitumen Price in Malaysia

Port Klang is one of the best-served discharge points in the region, which keeps freight at the bottom of the Asian band.

🇹🇭 Bitumen Price in Thailand

Domestic highway demand plus regional re-export within Southeast Asia.

🇵🇭 Bitumen Price in Philippines

Island infrastructure programmes across multiple regional ports. Typhoon season affects both delivery scheduling and the paving calendar.

🇧🇩 Bitumen Price in Bangladesh

Large and growing import market. Chittagong congestion is the main scheduling risk, so build free time into the contract.

🇱🇰 Bitumen Price in Sri Lanka

Colombo is a major transhipment hub, so direct calls are frequent and freight is competitive for the distance.

🇲🇲 Bitumen Price in Myanmar

Expanding road network with growing import demand. Confirm the current banking and sanctions position before contracting.

🇧🇷 Bitumen Price in Brazil

Brazil uses CAP grading under ANP regulation. CAP 50/70 is the volume grade and CAP 30/45 the harder option for heavy traffic. Quoting a 60/70 against a CAP tender creates the same problem as quoting pen grade into India. Detail on our Brazil page.

🇵🇪 Bitumen Price in Peru

Pacific routing means longer transit. Andean altitude projects have a wide day-to-night temperature range, where the hardest grade is not the right answer.

🇲🇽 Bitumen Price in Mexico

Federal contracts often specify PG grades under the Superpave system, which is a third grading framework again — distinct from both penetration and viscosity grading.

🇨🇱 Bitumen Price in Chile

CA grades are viscosity-based. Chile’s north-south extent means specification varies substantially between the Atacama and the south.

Which grade your market needs, whatever the bitumen price by country

Conformity certificates: the cost buyers forget

A shipment arriving without the required conformity certificate does not clear. It sits accruing demurrage until the paperwork is resolved — and in most of these schemes the certificate cannot be issued retroactively, because it requires inspection at origin.

These schemes change. Confirm the current requirement with your customs broker before contracting, not after booking. We arrange inspection at loading through SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek or any surveyor named in your contract, and supply the full documentation set covered in our export documentation guide.

Bitumen price by country — frequently asked questions

Related pages

Pricing and supply: current bitumen prices and global supply guide.

Country guides: Togo, Namibia, Mauritania, Brazil, South Africa and Iraq.

Grades: 60/70, 80/100, 50/70, 40/50, VG grades, polymer modified, oxidized, emulsion and cutback.

Reference: grade equivalence chart, export documentation guide and shelf life and storage guide.

All prices are indicative weekly market estimates in USD per metric tonne, built from our FOB Mersin base price plus route-specific ocean freight. They are not guaranteed offers and do not constitute a binding quotation. Final price is confirmed via proforma invoice and depends on order quantity, packing type, vessel availability and prevailing freight rates at the time of booking. Conformity scheme requirements change; confirm the current position with your customs broker before contracting.