Cable Trays
Importers in Lagos
Apapa Port is the entry point for the vast majority of Nigerian electrical infrastructure imports. Lagos handles procurement for West Africa. DISCOs, oil & gas contractors, and telecom firms are dominant buyers. Cable Trays is one of the highest-volume categories shipped from India into Lagos. Vajra International is a direct manufacturer in Kolkata supplying ladder · perforated · raceway.
About Cable Trays
Vajra International is an ISO 9001:2015-certified cable tray manufacturer and exporter in Kolkata, India, producing ladder, perforated and raceway cable trays to IEC 61537 and IS 12352. Trays are roll-formed in-house in MS, GI, stainless steel and aluminium: pre-galvanized for indoor and dry duty, hot-dip galvanized to a minimum average 85 µm per ASTM A123 for outdoor and coastal exposure, or powder coated where colour-coding is specified. Shipped direct on FOB/CIF terms with the matched accessory and support range, mill test certificates and full export documentation.
Materials & Finishes
- Mild Steel (MS)
- Pre-Galvanized (GI)
- Stainless Steel (SS 304 / 316)
- Aluminium
- Hot-Dip Galvanized
- Pre-Galvanized (GI)
- Powder Coated
- Mill Finish (Al)
Cable Trays Manufactured by Vajra
Visual specifications for cable trays exported to Lagos. We manufacture standard and custom dimensions in our Howrah works.
Ladder Cable Tray
Export Grade · Vajra International
Perforated Cable Tray
Export Grade · Vajra International
Cable Raceway / Trunking
Export Grade · Vajra International
Channel Cable Tray
Export Grade · Vajra International
Who in Lagos imports cable trays from India
Companies and organisations active in Lagos that specifically procure cable trays from Indian manufacturers. Volumes shown are approximate annual totals across that buyer's full Indian-import mix, based on customs shipment intelligence. Vajra International is a direct ISO 9001:2015 manufacturer of cable trays, talk to us instead of a trader.
Need cable trays for a Lagos project?
Vajra International rolls, fabricates and exports cable trays from Kolkata, direct from manufacturer.
Dangote Refinery (Lekki)
Refining
Pipe supports, cable trays, gratings
~3,000 tons/yr from India
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Oil & Gas
Pipe supports, cable trays
~2,200 tons/yr from India
Airtel Africa Nigeria
Telecom
Earthing systems, cable trays
~900 tons/yr from India
Julius Berger Nigeria
Construction
Cable trays, gratings, supports
~1,800 tons/yr from India
Lafarge Africa
Cement
Cable trays, supports
~600 tons/yr from India
Lagos Rail Mass Transit
Transit
Cable trays, earthing strips
~1,100 tons/yr from India
Buyer names compiled from public customs shipment records (Seair, Volza, ImportGenius), trade press and company disclosures. Volume figures are approximate, indicative annual ranges, not contractual. Inclusion in this list does not imply a supply relationship with Vajra International. If you are one of the listed organisations and prefer not to be referenced, contact us.
Cable Trays delivery points in Lagos
Consignments for Lagos clear through Apapa Port, Lagos. These are the ports, free zones and industrial districts our Lagos consignments are consigned to — tell us which one applies and the quotation carries the right delivery terms and documentation from the start.
- Apapa Port
- Tin Can Island Port
- Ojo Industrial Area
- Lekki Free Trade Zone
Shipped FOB, CIF, CFR against SON (Standards Organisation Nigeria) and IEC 61386, with mill test certificates for the grade on your order.
Sourcing cable trays into Lagos — what buyers ask
Specification, finish, documentation and terms, answered by the works in Howrah rather than a trading desk.
Cable tray nests. Ladder and perforated sections stack inside each other, so a 40 ft container holds roughly 1.5 to 1.8 km of standard 300 mm tray, less for wider or heavier-gauge profiles. That nesting keeps container utilisation high and per-metre freight low, a real cost edge over bulkier imported alternatives.
Coastal and offshore sites need hot-dip galvanizing to ASTM A123 (85 microns minimum), or stainless 316L in splash zones. For Gulf desert projects, where chlorides are low but sand abrades coatings, HDG without a top coat works well. For aggressive coastal petrochemical sites, a duplex system of HDG plus epoxy pushes corrosion life past 30 years.
Yes, where it's listed for the duty. NEC 392.60 and IEC 61537 both permit a metallic tray to act as an equipment grounding conductor, provided its cross-section meets the fault-current table and every joint keeps electrical continuity (galvanizing removed at bonding points, jumpers fitted across expansion joints). Confirm the tray is approved for EGC use before you rely on it for that path.
Plan for bends (horizontal and vertical), tees, crosses, reducers, covers, couplers or splice plates, and support brackets, all in the same material and finish as the tray. One mistake we see constantly: ordering tray without accessories, then air-freighting a second small shipment of bends and tees at a premium once the gap shows up on site. Count the full accessory list into your enquiry from the start.
Four clusters stand out in our current supply pipeline. Commercial real estate (Grade A offices, malls, hospitality) in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi buys pre-galvanized perforated tray in 100–200 mm widths for BMS and fire-detection routes. Pharmaceutical plants in Hyderabad (Divi's, Aurobindo, Dr Reddy's) and Pune (Cipla, Lupin) specify stainless 304 perforated trays for cleanroom and API manufacturing areas. Metro rail EPCs (L&T, Afcons) use HDG perforated tray for signalling and telecoms runs in tunnel and station environments. Data-centre operators buy wider widths (300–450 mm) in HDG for under-floor structured cabling at their India expansion sites.
Buying cable trays for Nigeria generally, not just Lagos?
Port of entry, the standards a Nigeria consultant will hold you to, Incoterms and the full delivery map.
Other categories Lagos imports from India
Lagos's buyers source multiple categories from Indian manufacturers. Compare with the other high-volume imports below.
Need cable trays in Lagos? Talk to a manufacturer.
Vajra International is a direct manufacturer in Kolkata, not a middleman. Tell us specification, quantity and your preferred Incoterm. You'll get a structured quotation with MTC, COO and logistics already factored in.
- MTC · COO · inspection reports
- ±0.01 mm precision · in-house QA
- FOB · CIF · CFR to all major ports