Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Tanzania | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESTanzaniaWorldExportsValue (US$)1,864,681,470.002,139,346,909.003,121,078,906.002,982,404,782.004,050,546,445.004,734,959,519.005,547,229,200.004,412,548,850.005,704,653,520.005,854,230,521.004,741,924,583.004,178,109,062.77
Value Growth, YoY (%)11.5314.7245.88-4.4435.8116.8917.15-20.4529.282.62-19.00-11.89
ImportsValue (US$)4,526,727,744.005,919,021,594.008,087,734,648.006,530,823,093.008,012,873,966.0011,184,220,765.0011,715,589,144.0012,525,411,044.0012,691,109,568.0014,705,968,733.007,876,086,602.007,765,411,242.00
Value Growth, YoY (%)39.4230.7536.63-19.2522.6939.574.756.911.3215.87-46.44-1.40

The value of merchandise exports from Tanzania totalled $ 4.17 billion in 2017. Overall commodity exports from Tanzania decreased by 11.8% compared to 2016. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 563 million (the value of merchandise exports from Tanzania amounted to $4.74 billion in 2016)

Tanzania's exports 2017 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Tanzania in 2017:

  • India with a share of 23% (982 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 16.7% (699 million US$)
  • Vietnam with a share of 7.53% (314 million US$)
  • Kenya with a share of 6.97% (291 million US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 6.28% (262 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 4.63% (193 million US$)
  • Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 3.67% (153 million US$)
  • China with a share of 3.4% (142 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 2.1% (87 million US$)
  • Comoros with a share of 2.1% (87 million US$)

Exports structure from Tanzania in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 38% (1.62 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 13.2% (554 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • 5.19% (216 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
  • 4.89% (204 million US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
  • 4.61% (192 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • 4.09% (171 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
  • 2.31% (96 million US$): 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
  • 2.14% (89 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 1.5% (62 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • 1.33% (55 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

What did Tanzania export in 2017?

Tanzania's Top Exports in 2017:

  • 36% ($1.53 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 12.9% ($541 million): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
  • 4.68% ($195 million): 2401 - Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
  • 3.43% ($143 million): 0304 - Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • 3.04% ($127 million): 0901 - Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
  • 2.22% ($92 million): 0713 - Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
  • 1.77% ($74 million): 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, n.e.s. in chapter 12
  • 1.56% ($65 million): 0712 - Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
  • 1.54% ($64 million): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 1.48% ($62 million): 2616 - Precious metal ores and concentrates

The value of merchandise imports to Tanzania totalled $ 7.76 billion in 2017. Overall commodity imports to Tanzania decreased by 1.4% compared to 2016. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 110 million (the value of merchandise imports to Tanzania was equal to $7.87 billion in 2016)

Tanzania's imports 2017 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Tanzania in 2017:

  • China with a share of 19.3% (1.5 billion US$)
  • India with a share of 15% (1.16 billion US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 7.67% (596 million US$)
  • Saudi Arabia with a share of 6.04% (469 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 5.34% (415 million US$)
  • Japan with a share of 5.31% (412 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 2.98% (231 million US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 2.64% (205 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 2.61% (202 million US$)
  • Kenya with a share of 2.59% (201 million US$)

Imports structure to Tanzania in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 19.6% (1.52 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 12.3% (959 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 7.7% (598 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 7.27% (565 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 5.47% (425 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 5.12% (397 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 3.58% (278 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
  • 3.49% (271 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 2.63% (204 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 2.52% (196 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did Tanzania import in 2017?

Tanzania's Top Imports in 2017:

  • 18% ($1.4 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 4.35% ($337 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 3.25% ($252 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 2.03% ($158 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
  • 2% ($155 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 1.68% ($130 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
  • 1.59% ($123 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
  • 1.54% ($120 million): 7208 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated
  • 1.47% ($114 million): 4011 - New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
  • 1.39% ($108 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form

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Tanzania | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017