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Tanzania Trade Summary

2016

Tanzania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TANZANIA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Tanzania 2016

Exports and imports of Tanzania in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,742 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,876 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,167 products were exported to 158 countries and 4,023 products were imported from 181 countries.

Tanzania top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Tanzania exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tanzania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 768 million, with a partner share of 16.19 percent.
  2. Tanzania exports to India worth US$ 703 million, with a partner share of 14.82 percent.
  3. Tanzania exports to South Africa worth US$ 631 million, with a partner share of 13.32 percent.
  4. Tanzania exports to China worth US$ 354 million, with a partner share of 7.47 percent.
  5. Tanzania exports to Kenya worth US$ 314 million, with a partner share of 6.62 percent.

Top five countries from which Tanzania imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tanzania imports from China worth US$ 1,638 million, with a partner share of 20.80 percent.
  2. Tanzania imports from India worth US$ 1,429 million, with a partner share of 18.14 percent.
  3. Tanzania imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 592 million, with a partner share of 7.52 percent.
  4. Tanzania imports from South Africa worth US$ 472 million, with a partner share of 6.00 percent.
  5. Tanzania imports from Japan worth US$ 371 million, with a partner share of 4.71 percent.

Tanzania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 1,654,518.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 356,861.41 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 347,383.70 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania exported Precious metal ores and concentrates (excl. sil , worth 321,938.39 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania exported Carboys/bottles/flasks etc for conveyance of gd , worth 197,445.30 (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 1,335,910.99 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tanzania imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 238,301.40 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tanzania imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 189,020.67 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tanzania imported Crude palm oil , worth 167,069.71 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tanzania imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 129,695.58 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Tanzania in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.17 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.62 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,709,372.41 and duty free tariff line items share was 39.60 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Tanzania in 2016 are below

  • Tanzania GDP in current US dollar was 49,774 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 950.00 .
  • Tanzania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.72.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,354.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 35.42 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.60 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Tanzania in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.58.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Tanzania Country Growth was 1.71 .