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Tanzania Trade Summary

2008

Tanzania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TANZANIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Tanzania 2008

Exports and imports of Tanzania in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,121 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,088 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,149 products were exported to 149 countries and 3,976 products were imported from 180 countries.

Tanzania top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Tanzania exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tanzania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 630 million, with a partner share of 20.18 percent.
  2. Tanzania exports to China worth US$ 270 million, with a partner share of 8.66 percent.
  3. Tanzania exports to South Africa worth US$ 266 million, with a partner share of 8.51 percent.
  4. Tanzania exports to Kenya worth US$ 253 million, with a partner share of 8.10 percent.
  5. Tanzania exports to India worth US$ 173 million, with a partner share of 5.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Tanzania imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tanzania imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 979 million, with a partner share of 12.10 percent.
  2. Tanzania imports from India worth US$ 866 million, with a partner share of 10.70 percent.
  3. Tanzania imports from South Africa worth US$ 829 million, with a partner share of 10.25 percent.
  4. Tanzania imports from China worth US$ 721 million, with a partner share of 8.92 percent.
  5. Tanzania imports from Singapore worth US$ 442 million, with a partner share of 5.46 percent.

Tanzania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Tanzania exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 545,393.80 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania exported Precious metal ores and concentrates (excl. sil , worth 349,529.03 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 214,031.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 171,598.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 99,674.98 (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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,337,682.13 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 181,899.88 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 164,780.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 133,598.81 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania imported Parts suitable for use solely or princ with the , worth 132,456.34 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Tanzania in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.11 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.89 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,048,969.67 and duty free tariff line items share was 33.94 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Tanzania in 2008 are below

  • Tanzania GDP in current US dollar was 27,962 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 590.00 .
  • Tanzania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.10.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,823.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 49.03 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.09 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Tanzania in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.31.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Tanzania Country Growth was -62.38 .