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Tanzania Trade Summary

1998

Tanzania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TANZANIA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Tanzania 1998

Exports and imports of Tanzania in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 630 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,671 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,072 products were exported to 124 countries and 4,070 products were imported from 143 countries.

Tanzania top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Tanzania exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tanzania exports to India worth US$ 114 million, with a partner share of 18.16 percent.
  2. Tanzania exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 95 million, with a partner share of 15.10 percent.
  3. Tanzania exports to Japan worth US$ 45 million, with a partner share of 7.12 percent.
  4. Tanzania exports to Germany worth US$ 37 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  5. Tanzania exports to Netherlands worth US$ 33 million, with a partner share of 5.27 percent.

Top five countries from which Tanzania imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tanzania imports from South Africa worth US$ 186 million, with a partner share of 11.13 percent.
  2. Tanzania imports from Japan worth US$ 180 million, with a partner share of 10.78 percent.
  3. Tanzania imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 7.76 percent.
  4. Tanzania imports from United States worth US$ 100 million, with a partner share of 6.01 percent.
  5. Tanzania imports from Kenya worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 5.75 percent.

Tanzania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Tanzania along with trade value are:

  1. Tanzania exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 106,447.90 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 76,561.16 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania exported Frozen fish fillets , worth 41,113.52 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 38,492.73 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania exported Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped , worth 29,432.95 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Tanzania along with trade value are

  1. Tanzania imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 79,271.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 44,464.77 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 38,090.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 33,930.86 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 31,229.42 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Tanzania in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 50 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.31 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 18.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,462.02 and duty free tariff line items share was 13.04 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Tanzania in 1998 are below

  • Tanzania GDP in current US dollar was 12,270 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 260.00 .
  • Tanzania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.89.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -722.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 25.94 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.58 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Tanzania in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.87.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Tanzania Country Growth was 1.13 .